Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 589997
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/589997
This tower was built in 1879 by the Town Council as part of an improved water supply to Dalkeith. The engineers for the project, including the tower, were Leslie & Reid, Edinburgh. The 70 ft high tower, built by James Thornburn & Sons, Dalkeith, is constructed of polychrome brickwork with stone facings and is octagonal shape in plan. It is surmounted by a wrought-iron water tank 16 ft diameter and 18 ft deep made by Hanna, Donald and Wilson located within a timber-slatted top storey. In the 1930s the tower became obsolete owing to further improvements in Dalkeith’s water supply. In 1989 the tower was converted to a domestic residence.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
