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Peterhead (pētərhĕd`), town (1991 pop. 16,804), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on a peninsula on the North Sea. It is the easternmost town, with a good harbor, of Scotland. Chiefly a center of herring fisheries, Peterhead has fish canneries, distilleries, and woolen mills. The town was founded in 1593 by George Keith, 5th earl marischal of Scotland. James Francis Stuart Stuart or Stewart, James Francis Edward, 1688–1766, claimant to the British throne, son of James II and Mary of Modena ; called the Old Pretender. ..... Click the link for more information. , the Old Pretender, landed secretly at Peterhead in 1715. The local economy benefited from the discovery of North Sea oil in the early 1970s. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The 3-year-old collie-boxer mix got into trouble for chasing and barking at a mail carrier in Peterhead, 30 miles north of Aberdeen. As a first step, BP and GE would jointly participate in the two hydrogen power projects with carbon capture and sequestration BP has announced - at Peterhead in Scotland and at Carson in Southern California where Scottish and Southern Energy and Edison Mission Energy are partners respectively. Under the terms of the contract, BGS, the world's leading provider of globalization, localization and technical writing services, will provide an update of Scottish and Southern Energy's original plant schematics handbook and a new plant schematics handbook for the re-powering project at the flagship Peterhead Power Station, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. |
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