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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 850630
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/850630
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For general summary of Loch Katrine (reservoir), see NN41SW 29.
The growth of Glasgow and the subsequent need for unpolluted water for both human and industrial consumption, resulted in the decision to build an aqueduct to provide water to the city. Loch Katrine was chosen to be the source of the supply. The system (34 miles long) was inaugurated by Queen Victoria on the 14 October 1859. By 1883 an additional supply from Loch Katrine was needed due to the increased consumption of water by the city. An additional aqueduct was constructed from 1885. The new system, measuring 23.5 miles in length, was officially opened on 21st June 1901.
Glasgow Corporation Water-Works 1909
Loch Katrine aqueduct, Lossnaugh Aqueduct Bridge No. 2 (Muylle Id no = 181): This single-arched stone aqueduct bridge relates to the 1885 aqueduct and carries it across the Lossnaugh Burn. It has its original railings A concrete covering has been added.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
