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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 610038
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/610038
At Forest Mill, water from the river was diverted for the mill and feeder to Gartmorn Dam at a horseshoe shaped
masonry weir (NS99SE 16) some 10 ft high. Construction of the feeder along the north flank of the river valley, and requiring several rock cuts, was a considerable challenge in 1710. Sorocold set [the weir] out using a large wooden quadrant with a plummet set on a tripod. The feeder was cut soon afterwards.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
