Why is Aberdeen known as the Granite city?

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I know just wondered if some of you plebs do

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The Granite City

Aberdeen is known as the Granite City and the Oil Capital of Europe.Aberdeen is called the Granite, or Silver City because nearly all of its buildings are made of the pale granite that is quarried nearby. Most of the grannite was extracted from Rubislaw Quarry, at Hill of Rubislaw, which at one time was the largest manmade hole in Europe, this quarry closed in 1972. It is some 400ft deep, and although you can't get an idea of this because it is full of water, you can still look at it through the high fence.

The square, solid buildings that line Union Street, which recently celebrated its 200th birthday, date chiefly from the 19th century. Marischal College, perhaps the world's largest granite building, was begun in 1844. It is topped with many spires and pinnacles. Aberdeen is also the largest city in north-east Scotland, with a population of around 300,000.

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Granite City Aberdeen

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Why is Aberdeen known as the Granite city?
I know just wondered if some of you plebs do

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How about granite is used in quite alot of there older buildings as an external finish material which is not widly used throughout scotland to the same degree... on a less interesting note get a life.

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heaps of buildings made of granite - union street etc. marischal college second largest granite building in europe. aberdeen exported granite to many places inc london, japan etc. rubislaw quarry no longer biggest man-made hole in europe believe that accolade belongs to Dundee...

also called silver city cos of mica on the granite that glints in the sun.

if you go to the art gallery u can see pillars showing granite quarried in different parts of north east - kemnay, peterhead etc

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