* pop 217, 200
      Aberdeen is known as the granite city because about 90% of the buildings are made of granite. Even the roads are paved with crushed granite. Aberdeen was a prosperous North Sea trading and fishing port centuries before oil became its primary commodity. The townspeople supported Robert the Bruce against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and the king rewarded them with land. The money was diverted into the Common Good Fund, to be spent on town amenities, which keep the place spotless. The word Aberdeen is a combination of two Pictish-Gaelic words, 'aber' and 'devana,' meaning the meeting of the two waters. The Romans and Vikings both took interest in Aberdeen. In the 18th century, paper and rope-making, whaling and textile manufacturing were the main industries. It has also been a major herring port. The North Sea Oil, found in the 1970's, has dramatically dropped the unemployment rate.

Harbour	Torry	Maritime Museum
Bridges	King's College	St. Machar's Cathedral
	Miscellaneous

Brogden, W.A., Aberdeen, An Illustrated Architectual Guide, The Rutland Press, 1998.