Archaeology Notes

Event ID 853596

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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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, Kelty, tributary trackbridge (Muylle Id no = 157): This burncover/trackbridge has original railings and concrete abutments and cannot be dated with certainty, although it sits on the line of the 1855 aqueduct.

Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow

Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.