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Inverurie, Harlaw Road, Great North Of Scotland Locomotive Works, Railway Housing
Transport Workers House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverurie, Harlaw Road, Great North Of Scotland Locomotive Works, Railway Housing
Classification Transport Workers House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) The Colony
Canmore ID 87460
Site Number NJ72SE 129
NGR NJ 770 222
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87460
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Former Great North of Scotland Railway. Works, Harlaw Road, 1898-1905, William Pickersgill. Created by the GNSR Company engineer as a replacement for their cramped site at Kittybrewster, Aberdeen. The single-storey, steel-framed, granite-clad works buildings covered an area of 41/2 acres; powered by the company's own generator; closed 31 December 1969. The surrounding railway housing, six blocks of two-storey granite houses, 1898-1905, and recreation facilities, developed a character so distinct from the burgh that it was known as 'The Colony'.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ72SE 129 770 222
See also NJ72SE 121.00.
(Location cited as NJ 770 222). Built 1898-1905. A group of six blocks of two-storey granite houses, built to house workers in the Inverurie railway works (NJ72SE 121).
J R Hume 1977.
(Location cited as NJ c. 770 222).
NMRS, MS/712/72.
