Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Mugdock Reservoir, Milngavie: Adjoins Craigmaddie service reservoir and is about ten miles from the city centre [of Glasgow] to which they are connected by an extensive pipe network. Mugdock Reservoir, constructed from 1855– 59, has embankments across two valleys which are respectively 69 ft and 53 ft high, a water surface of 62 acres, a depth of 50 ft and a storage capacity of 540 million gallons. The water is retained by a clay embankment.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage : Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.