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Looking down Holburn Street, Aberdeen
The name is possibly a tribute to the London street of the same name?
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 8 Jun 2014
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Castellated clock tower of the former Christ's College
Viewed from the car park at the rear of The Royal Northern & University Club off Albyn Lane. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ's_College,_Aberdeen for the college's history.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 27 Nov 2008
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Holburn Street granite block
Typical of Aberdeen construction some 110-120 years ago (from 2013).
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 2 Mar 2013
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Walking past the City of God, Holburn Street, Aberdeen
The former Holburn Central (Church of Scotland) Parish Church; B-listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-47927-holburn-street-at-alford-lane-holburn-cen . The listing explains why the buildings bear no fewer than four different date stones (1891 on the tower beneath the cupola, 1836 and 1903 on the main pediment and 1881 on the annex to the right).
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 2 Mar 2013
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A church with dome seen from Albyn Lane
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 18 Apr 2013
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Aberdeen - City of God
Former Holburn Central Church at Holburn Junction. The ornate blue column was a ventilation shaft for an underground post office railway.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 4 Jun 2016
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Art Nouveau Ventilation Tower
Listed building; the tower provided necessary ventilation for a cable railway which ran from here to the Crown Street Post Office and then on to the Tram Depot at Millburn Street.
The church behind was Holburn Central but is now called the City of God.
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-45663-justice-mill-lane-and-holburn-street-vent
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 5 Sep 2012
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Service yard for businesses on Holburn Street
The dome belongs to a charismatic church: https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB47927 .
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 17 May 2024
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Ventilator Shaft, Justice Mill Lane
Art Nouveau structure at the corner of Holburn Street and Justice Mill Lane. It provided air for a cable subway which ran from here to the old Electricity Works and Tramcar Depot at the foot of Crown Street.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 6 Aug 2009
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City Junction
Justice Mill Lane meets Holburn Street. The brightly painted ornate tower on the traffic island is an old ventilator (C-listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-45663-justice-mill-lane-and-holburn-street-vent ) for an underground cable railway which ran from here to the former GPO on Crown Street and to the former tramways depot at Millbank Street. Across the road, the tower of the former Holburn Central Church can be seen.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 2 Mar 2013
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