Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard
Shipyard (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard
Classification Shipyard (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) York Street
Canmore ID 19982
Site Number NJ90NE 11
NGR NJ 95400 06000
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Slipway and Engine House Details, sketch with dimensions, annotated with description of items. Inscribed 'A&P Appledore (Aberdeen) Ltd, (formerly Hall Russell)'
27/7/1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1259500
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1673947
Oblique aerial view of City Centre.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2522182
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from South-West of office block frontage onto York Place.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from West showing building hall and 65 ton quayside crane (built by Sir William Arrol and company of Glasgow in 1930).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from North-East of dry dock (70 ft wide by 370 ft long - see man in the dock for scale).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General interior view from North in bay 2 of platers' shop showing a plate-bending roller made by James Bennig and Sons of Glasgow. (Rolls 9.3m long).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View in main slipway winch house of switch board for rotary converter.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of former company logo for Hall Russell, located on main gate to works from York Place.
26/7/1989
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SC 371637
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General interior view from North East along East side of building hall showing ship No. 1000. A welded-steel, twin-screw, cargo/passenger ferry for St. Helena service.
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard, NJ90NE 11, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. North end, East bay of former engine works-shop. View of the headstock and chuck of a flat-belt driven, cone-pulley lathe (centre height 0.76m, bed 4.4m long, lead screw and feed screw for carriage, twin tool holders on cross slide).
26/7/1989
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SC 717835
View from WSW showing part of SSW front of jetty with shipyard in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
3/3/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1227193
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of winch gear (2.4m diameter and 0.23m wide). Note the joints in the cruciform-section arms.
26/7/1989
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SC 1227196
Oblique aerial view of Hall Russell Shipyard, York Place, Aberdeen.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1259501
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1673946
Aberdeen, City Centre, Sandilands, Wellington Street, Hall Russell, Footdee. Aerial view of City Centre.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1727115
Aberdeen, Hall Russell Shipyard. Copy of Slipway winch details, plan, general view and notes d:'10 8 1989' annotated 'sheet 2 of 8' See MS/744/11, DC 27279, 81-2
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
10/8/1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from West of welding bay No.1, main gate to works and (right) part of main office building.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view along York Street (left) from W-N-W.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from South-East along York Street. To the right are the blacksmiths' shop and fabrication bays.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View from South-West of dry dock of shipway and carriage. (carriage rails at 6.1 centres).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of dry dock winch (located underground in pump house) with cable drum (1.2 diameter and 0.9 wide) powered by 2-cylinder diesel engine and driven through a double reduction worm-gear-drive gear-box and spur gear final drive. (All mounted on a welded steel frame marked 'John Henderson and Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, No.3175,1 1974').
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of one of the two electrically powered winches at the head of the dry dock.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of one of two electrically powered capstans located at mouth of dry dock. (Thomas Reid and Sons, Linwood).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard View from W showing main entrance
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
16/8/1974
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1227195
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View from North of main slipway winch. Small winch in centre foreground is used to pull empty slipway carriage down slip.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
SC 1259502
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1673948
Aberdeen, City Centre, Footdee, Hall Russell, Espanade, Harbour, Victoria Bridge. Aerial view of City Centre.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General interior view from North of ground floor of joiners' shop.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of one of the two electrically-powered winches at the head of the dry dock.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of nameplate on quayside crane. Located on West side of building hall.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. North end of East bay in former engine works. Detail of 4-jaw chuck/face plate (2.4m diameter, gap 1.0m wide, swing 2.5m radius) on flat belt driven cone-pulley lathe.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
SC 1259499
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1259503
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1673877
Aberdeen, Hall Russell Shipyard. Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Aberdeen, Hall Russell Shipyard Copy of Elevation, details (1.5in=1ft), sections (0.5in=1ft) Insc:'600 Ton Slipway Carriage' annotated 'sheet 6 of 8' See MS/744/11, DC 27279, DC27279-80, DC27282
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
c. 1982
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2522197
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from North-East on quayside showing the 1974 Coles Centurion 48 ton diesel-electric mobile crane, with 90 ft jib and hydraulic-wheeled outriggers.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View from S-S-W in former engine works-shop, East side of the main bay.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General interior view from North-West in bay 2 of platers' shop, showing hydraulic plate bending machine made by Hugh Smith of Glasgow. (Bed-Length 9.2m).
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View into underground pump room for dry dock, at West end of mouth of dock. It contains 2 electrically-powered pumps mounted on welded steel beds. Also visible are hand-operated gate valves in discharge pipes (0.53m diameter). Intake pipes are below pump. The pumps were made by Weir Pumps of Glasgow, and the electric motors by Brooks of Huddersfield (150hp). Two smaller pumps remove seepage.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View from North-East at head of dry dock, showing electrical switchgear for two top winches.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General interior from North along West side of building hall showing ship no.1000, a welded steel, twin-screw cargo/passenger ferry for the St Helena service.
© RCAHMS
SC 1227191
View from N-N-E lookng down slipway carriage, Hall Russell Shipyard, York Place, Aberdeen.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
SC 1673876
Aberdeen, Hall Russell Shipyard. Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Aberdeen, Hall Russell Shipyard. Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from North of office block frontage onto York Place, with main works gate on left.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from South of former engine works-shop.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from South-East along York Street, from E-S-E.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from West of dry dock gate.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from North of quayside crane on West side of building hall. Crane was made by Sir William Arrol and company of Glasgow in 1930. (SWL 65 tons at 75 ft radius, 45 tons at 84 ft radius).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from South of No.1 bay of plater's shop. To left is large profile flame cutter made by Hancock and Co. of Slough, England. (Overall length 32m and 12m wide, with four burners).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of slipway carriage head pulleys and cable anchors (pulleys are 1.22m diameter).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. North end of East bay in former engine works. Detail of cone-pulley drive and back gears for lathe.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
DP 050578
Aberdeen harbour, oblique aerial view.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
18/10/1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General interior view from North on top floor of joiners' shop, showing the concrete-framed structure of the building.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of slipway winch operator's switch. On left side of switch is hand wheel for winch brake.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View in slipway winch house of rotary converter used for DC electricity supply for equipment in yard.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
SC 943116
Oblique aerial view of Aberdeen city centre.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1994
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1227192
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View from South-West of slipway winch drive gears and cable drum. (Small winch on left side used to pull empty slipway carriage down the slip).
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
SC 1227194
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of large drive gear arm flanges and tooth shape on slipway winch drive gear.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
SC 1259504
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1259505
Hall, Russell and Co. Shipyard and Engineering Works, York Street, Footdee, Aberdeen. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1938
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1673879
Aberdeen, Harbour and City Centre.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1727116
Aberdeen, Hall Russell Shipyard. Copy of Elevation, details (1.5in=1ft), sections (0.5in=1ft) Insc:'600 Ton Slipway Carriage' annotated 'sheet 6 of 8' See MS/744/11, DC 27279, DC27279-80, DC27282
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
10/8/1989
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2522186
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from West of former engine works-shop.
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from West along York Street. On left is former office and apprentice training school, fabrication bays No.3, 3a, 4, 4a and the blacksmith's training school.
26/7/1989
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SC 2522194
Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. General view from South-West of dry dock (70 ft wide by 370 ft long).
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. View in compressor room, located on the East side of No.4 bay of platers' sheds. (3 Bellis Morcom Typr BM 42 'V' - block air compressors - WP 100 PSIG. Partially in view on left is one of two air receivers, 1.2 diameter, and 2.7m long).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of main slipway winch drive motor (125hp).
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of outlets for dry dock pumps. The two large pipes on left of discharging pipe are from the main pumps (pipes 0.53m diameter). The pipe in use is from an automatic seepage pump.
26/7/1989
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Aberdeen, York Place, Hall Russell Shipyard. Detail of one of two electrically powered capstans located at mouth of dry dock. (Thomas Reid and Sons, Linwood).
26/7/1989
© RCAHMS
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NE 11 9540 0600
For associated engineering works (NJ 9527 0613), see NJ90NE 10.
For associated engineering works (NJ 9558 0602), see NJ90NE 12.
(Location cited as NJ 954 060). Shipyard and engineering works, York Place and York Street. Mainly 19th and 20th centuries. A large complex of buildings of various dates, of which the most interesting is perhaps the main engineering works, which is steel framed, with granite rubble cladding, giving the impression of being about 50 years older than its interior would suggest.
J R Hume 1977.
(Brief details of Aberdeen shipbuilders: Alexander Hall, Duthie, Hall Russell, Walter Hood and John Lewis).
Aberdeen City Council [2006].
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