Dyce Quarry
Aberdeen, Scotland
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Owned by John Henderson, planter and quarryman. Henderson ran the Friendship Estate in Jamaica. Married to Helen, niece of Dr. Charles Irvine of Aberdeen (from whom she inherited a share of the Friendship Estate). John Henderson had a "black servant", Thomas, whom he brought back from Jamaica.
Henderson used his Jamaica fortune to improve his estate, including road-making and opening the Dyce quarry (granite from Henderson's quarry was used in construction of West India Dock, Sheerness Dock, London Bridge and Custom House).
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