Detailed Description
The Aberdeen Granite Industry by Tom Donnelly (Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, 1994) 200pp, ill.
ISBN: 0906 265 185
This book traces the growth, development and decline of granite quarrying and manufacturing in Aberdeen from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century. It amply illustrates the role played by the industry's outstanding figures, John Gibb, Alexander MacDonald, John Fyfe and James Rust and also explores the contribution of generations of quarrymen, masons and cassiemen on whom the industry's reputation was founded.
