Editing Aberdeen (section)

===Post-Napoleonic depression===

The expensive infrastructure works led to the city becoming bankrupt in 1817 during the [[Post-Napoleonic depression]], an economic downturn immediately after the [[Napoleonic Wars]]; but the city's prosperity later recovered. The increasing economic importance of Aberdeen and the development of the shipbuilding and fishing industries led to the construction of the [[Aberdeen Harbour|present harbour]] including Victoria Dock and the South Breakwater, and the extension of the North Pier.

Gas street lighting arrived in 1824 and an enhanced water supply appeared in 1830 when water was pumped from the Dee to a [[reservoir]] in Union Place. An underground sewer system replaced open sewers in 1865.<ref name="fraser"/> The city absorbed the neighbouring burghs of Old Aberdeen and [[Woodside, Aberdeen|Woodside]] plus the [[Torry]] area on the south bank of the Dee in 1891.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2020-10/Aberdeen%20History%20Trail.pdf|title=Aberdeen History Trail|page=3|access-date=28 July 2022|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728193400/https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2020-10/Aberdeen%20History%20Trail.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1891act>{{cite web |title=Aberdeen Corporation Act 1891 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/54-55/124/pdfs/ukla_18910124_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=10 August 2024 |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811072618/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/54-55/124/pdfs/ukla_18910124_en.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>