The Aberdeen and West End Railroad ( owned by the Page family of Aberdeen, North Carolina, completed a branch to Star, North Carolina from Filo, NC ( current Biscoe ) in 1895.

was merged into the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad in 1897.

When the Aberdeen and West End Railroad ( owned by the Page family of Aberdeen, NC ), completed a branch to Star from Filo, NC ( Biscoe, North Carolina ) in 1895, it was only a short period later before Star was incorporated into a town.

In 1897, the Aberdeen and West End Railroad merged with the Asheboro and Montgomery Railroad to form the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad, thus opening the area to a whole new range of shipping.

Because The town of Star was the junction and crossroads for the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad and the Durham & Charlotte Railroad, business in the town began to pick up.

The town saw massive growth between the years of 1912 and 1950 when the Norfolk Southern Railway ( former ) purchased the old lines of the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad and the Durham and Charlotte Railroad.

Aberdeen and its neighbors vied to be the terminus for Northern Pacific Railroad, but instead of ending at one of the established mill towns, the railroad skimmed through Cosmopolis and headed west for Ocosta.

Founded on the intersection of the southern and eastern branches of the Milwaukee Railroad, Aberdeen, South Dakota saw a rapid growth in its population during the late 19th century ; this rapid growth led the citizens of northern South Dakota to push for a government-funded institute of higher learning.

This engine was previously on the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railroad with the same number and before that was CSX 1835 ex Seaboard Coastline 4789.

* Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad: Aberdeen northwest to Asheboro, with a branch from Biscoe west via Troy to Mount Gilead, and several other short branches.

The part from Gulf west to Charlotte ( as well as the branch to Aberdeen ) is now the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway, the part from Edenton north to Norfolk is now the Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad, and the Belhaven-Pinetown branch as well as the Plymouth-Raleigh segment is now operated by the Carolina Coastal Railway.

The tradition is often carried out at other sporting events, both professional or amateur, and even sometimes at non-sporting events where the anthem is played, throughout the Baltimore / Washington area and beyond, notably at Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals, Georgetown Hoyas, Maryland Terrapins, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Penn State Nittany Lions and Aberdeen Ironbirds games.

* The Aberdeen Bestiary at the University of Aberdeen.

In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.

He first entered the House of Commons in the general election of 1966, as the Labour MP for Aberdeen South, at the age of 28.

He unsuccessfully contested the marginal seat of Aberdeen South in the 1964 general election, and won it in the landslide Labour victory at the 1966 general election at the age of 28, defeating Priscilla Tweedsmuir by 1, 799 votes.

Also, the United States Army Communications and Electronics Life Cycle Management Command ( CECOM-LCMC ) Headquarters at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland is named Armstrong Hall in his honor.

Hubble also served in the U. S. Army at the Aberdeen Proving Ground during World War II.

In the 1984 – 85 academic year he gave the Gifford lectures at Aberdeen, which resulted in the book Infinite In All Directions.

In May 1910 Soddy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society In 1914 he was appointed to a chair at the University of Aberdeen, where he worked on research related to World War I.

He graduated M. A., and was chosen professor at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1658.

Lord Aberdeen died at Argyll House, St. James's, London, on 14 December 1860, and was buried in the family vault at Stanmore. In 1994 novelist, columnist and politician Ferdinand Mount used George Gordon's life as the basis for a historical novel – Umbrella.

Geelong played most of its early home games at the Argyle Square, situated between Aberdeen Street and Pakington Street.

In 1832 the first polished tombstone of Aberdeen granite to be erected in an English cemetery was installed at Kensal Green cemetery.

By the 18th century there were five universities in Scotland, at Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews and King's and Marischial Colleges in Aberdeen, compared with only two in England.

In 1898 he received his medical degree from University of Aberdeen and went to work for a year at the University of Leipzig.

The son of the Reverend George Abercrombie, the minister of East Church, Aberdeen, he was educated at the Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen.

Category: People educated at Aberdeen Grammar School

Barnes was sacked in February 2000 and Dalglish was appointed manager, and he guided them to the Scottish League Cup final where they beat Aberdeen 2 – 0 at Hampden Park, and he left the club shortly thereafter.

While teaching at Manchester, Polanyi was invited to give the prestigious Gifford Lectures in 1951-2 at Aberdeen.

The air ambulance ( fixed wing ) is based on the eastside apron in a dedicated hangar, the company operates King-Air aircraft from Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, being a major city in the Oil industry has a number of oil company charter flights, these have included flights to South America and also Korea ( via Abu Dhabi ).

Bushnell company in Aberdeen, South Dakota built an open two-seater " motor-bob " out of an Indian motorcycle modified with a cowl-cover, side by side seating, and a set of sled-runners fore and aft.

In June 2003, the company moved to new premises at Craigshaw Business Park in West Tullos, Aberdeen and the original headquarters at Queens Cross were subsequently demolished, becoming home to a development of luxury flats.

Grampian's first studios and headquarters were located at Queens Cross, Aberdeen, where the company purchased a former tram depot belonging to Aberdeen Corporation Tramways in 1960.

Originally from Aberdeen, he later worked as a schoolteacher in Oxford in collaboration with John Wilkins, although the two parted company intellectually in 1659.

He served an engineering apprenticeship in Aberdeen and Dundee before joining a civil engineering company in Glasgow.

Aberdeen is possibly best known for the former abbatoirs in the town centre, which operated for well over 100 years, before the most recent owners-an American company called Conagra-decided to close down their New South Wales abbatoirs and concentrate on their Queensland operations.

He parted company with Aberdeen in August 2009 when the then manager Mark McGhee chose to replace him with Colin Meldrum.

FirstGroup plc () is a public transport company, registered in Scotland at its headquarters in Aberdeen, operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Canada and the United States.

David Robertson ( ex Aberdeen, Rangers and Leeds United player ) became co-manager with Wolecki, but the latter parted company with the club in September 2006.

On April 22, 2009, baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. formed an alliance under which the performance apparel, footwear, and equipment company would have significant presence at several venues and events under the auspices of Ripken Baseball, including providing uniforms for the minor league Aberdeen IronBirds and youth teams participating in the Cal Ripken World Series this summer.

At the Scottish Qualifications Authority ( SQA ) Star Awards ceremony held in November 2008 Aberdeen Skills and Enterprise Training Limited, the College ’ s wholly owned subsidiary company, received the International SQA Star Award, which recognises the work of SQA centres delivering SQA qualifications to international candidates in Scotland and abroad.

The company publishes the Press and Journal, the Evening Express, the Aberdeen Citizen and ScotADs newspapers.

The Royal Deeside Railway was formed in 1996 with the intention of reclaiming part of the former branch line from Aberdeen to Ballater, constructed between 1853 and 1856 by the Deeside Railway company and closed by British Railways in 1966.

Due to the lack of success in mining company land near the mine was subdivided in 1849 forming Aberdeen ( named after the east coastal city of Aberdeen in Scotland ), with the company seeking to recoup some of their investment.

In May 2004, Nicholl followed Calderwood when he took over as manager at Aberdeen, again serving as his assistant until the two parted company with the club in May 2009.

With the growth of the airport, a new carrier, the ACMI company, Jetstream Executive, operating under the name, Jetstream Express, introduced flights in 2007 from the airport to Belfast City Airport from ( May ), Aberdeen Airport ( from June ) and Southampton Airport ( from July ).

The book traces the history of the company and its discovery of a powerful salvage tug, the former Royal Navy tug HMS Frisky, was constructed by the John Lewis and Sons Shipbuilding at Aberdeen, Scotland.