Queen's Road Granite Splendour I
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Queen's Road Granite Splendour I
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 12 Apr 2011
A series of extravagant granite mansions and villas were built on Queen's Road in the late Victorian era, using stone from Rubislaw Quarry (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubislaw_quarry ), less than 1 km away. Today most if not all are offices or other commercial buildings.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.140954
Longitude
-2.136302