Album of photographs of Glasgow Corporation Waterworks

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551 622

Description Album of photographs of Glasgow Corporation Waterworks

Date 1877

Collection Album of photographs of Glasgow Corporation Waterworks

Catalogue Number 551 622

Category All Other

Scope and Content A photograph album entitled 'Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, Photographic Views of Loch Katrine and of some of the principal works for introducing the water of Loch Katrine to the City of Glasgow by Thomas Annan, with descriptive notes by James M Gale', 1877.

Archive History Gifted to RCAHMS by Professor John R Hume, 2006, and accessioned as Acc No 2006/131.

Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to provisions outlined in the Data Protection Act and conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of a visit.

Administrative History Glasgow's growth in the nineteenth century demanded a reliable source of clean water for both human consumption and industrial uses. In the 1850s an aqueduct was constructed to bring water from Loch Katrine to the city, the system being inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1859. This was subsequently expanded to meet increased demand, with a second intake completed in 1885, and a new aqueduct in 1901. Thomas Annan (1829-87), photographer. Born in Fife, Annan was apprenticed as a lithographer and engraver in Cupar before moving to Glasgow in 1849. Working at first as an engraver, by 1855 he had moved into calotype photography. Much of his earliest work deals with architectural subjects, such as the buildings of Glasgow Old College (1866), recorded shortly before their demolition, and the slum areas of the city centre (1872 and 1878), ahead of their clearance and redevelopment. In 1877 he published 'Photographic views of Loch Katrine, and some of the principal works constructed for introducing the water of Loch Katrine to the city of Glasgow'.

Accruals No accruals are anticipated.

Accession Number 2006/131

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Category	Catalogue Number	Title	Date	Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 025476	View of group in front of the granite tablet built into the pediment over the entrance to the Loch Katrine Scheme Aqueduct. Titled: 'Inlet to Tunnel, Loch Katrine, with Water Committee and Commissioners, August 24th 1876'.	1876	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 025477	View of sluice and building. Titled: 'Sluices at Inlet to Aqueduct and Royal Cottage'.		Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 076053	View of fountain Titled: 'Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow'.		Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077866	Front cover.		Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 076054	View of piping. Titled: 'Syphon Piping in Endrick Valley. Crossing of Road from Drymen to Stirling'.	1876	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077716	Titled: 'Water Commissioners, at Royal Cottage, Loch Katrine. Annual Inspection of Works, August 24th 1876'.	1876	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077717	Titled: 'Water Commissioners, at Royal Cottage, Loch Katrine. Annual Inspection of Works, August 24th 1876'.	1876	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077627	View of the Loch Katrine water works. Titled: 'Sluices and Salmon Ladders at Outlet of Loch Katrine'.		Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077628	View of aqueduct bridge. Titled: 'Aqueduct Bridge No 1 near Culegarton, 61/2 miles from Loch Katrine, looking towards Loch Ard'.		Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077629	View of aqueduct bridge. Titled: 'Aqueduct Bridge No 2 near Culegarten, 6 2/3 miles from Loch Katrine, looking towards the Valley of the Duchray Water'.		Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 077630	View of aqueduct bridge. Titled: 'Aqueduct Bridge near Duntreath Castle, 22 miles from Loch Katrine'.		Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16434	Copy of photographic view of sluices at Loch Katrine, sluices at inlet to Aqueduct and Royal Cottage.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16438	Copy of photographic view of Duchray Bridge and Valley looking S.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16426	Copy of photographic view of Loch Katrine with Ellen's Isle and Ben Venue.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16448	Copy of photographic view of Gauge Basin (which measures water levels) at the termination of the Aqueduct, Mugdock Reservoir 25.5 miles from Loch Katrine and 9 miles from Glasgow Bridge.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16427	Copy of photographic view of Loch Katrine from above Royal Cottage (NN42213 09054) looking up Glen Gyle.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16428	Copy of photographic view of Loch Katrine Water Commissioners at Royal Cottage, Loch Katrine, Annual Inspection of Works, August 24th 1876.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16432	Copy of photographic view of Loch Venacher sluice houses at the outlet of the Loch.	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16430	Copy of photographic view of outlet of Loch Katrine from East slope of Ben Venue (Achray Water Dam)	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16431	Copy of photographic view of sluices and salmon ladders at outlet of Loch Katrine (Achray Water Dam)	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16433	Copy of photographic view of Loch Vennachar Sluice House	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16435	Copy of photographic view of Couligarten 1855 Aqueduct Bridge No.1	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16436	Copy of view of Couligarten 1855 Aqueduct Bridge No. 2	1877	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	D 16437	Copy of photographic view of Couligarten 1855 Aqueduct Bridge No. 3	1877	Item Level

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