Kittybrewster Granite Works
Active: 1899 -
History or description: In 1899 the 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' reported on the installation of electric light at the Kittybrewster Granite Works: "...An installation of the electric light has been fitted up in the granite works at Kittybrewster belonging to Mr. James Knowles, and, on the occasion of the turning on of the light last night, a number of gentlemen connected with the trade met in the yard for the purpose of witnessing the experiment, this being the first establishment of the kind into which the new illuminant has been introduced. All expressed themselves highly satisfied with the success attained. There are 50 incandescent lamps and six are lamps, and the installation has been carried out by Mr. Riach, foreman for Shirras, Laing, and Co., Limited. The gentlemen present at the inauguration last night were: Mr. A. Wilson, president of the Granite Association; Mr. Lawson, of Macdonald, Limited; Mr. Garvie, of Mr. Charles Macdonald; Mr. Arthur Taylor, Jute Street; Mr. Archibald A. Brown, Mr. Cruickshank, Torry; Mr. William Morgan, Portland Street; Mr. J.A. Sangster, engineer; and Mr. A.T. Stewart, who has recently come from Edinburgh to fill the post of engineer in the electrical department of Shirras, Laing, and Co."
Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland) Friday, October 27, 1899. This information was submitted to the project by Clifford Harmon.
Citing this record
'Kittybrewster Granite Works', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=ann_1311441311, accessed 18 Jun 2021]
