ABERDEEN HARBOUR. [By R. P. Leitch.] 



The outer head of the pier was seriously injured 

 by the heavy storms of the two succeeding winters, which 

 rendered it necessary to alter its formation to a very 

 flat slope of about five to one all round the head. 1 New 



1 "The bottom under the founda- 

 tions," says Mr. Gibb, in his descrip- 

 tion of the work, "is nothing "better 

 than loose sand and gravel, constantly 

 thrown up by the sea on that stormy 



coast, so that it was necessary to con- 

 solidate the work under low water by 

 dropping large stones from lighters, 

 and filling the interstices with smaller 

 ones, until it Avas brought within about 



SEC'ITON OF PIER-HEAD WORK. 



