Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, Loch Katrine, Achray Water, Dam
Dam (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, Loch Katrine, Achray Water, Dam
Classification Dam (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Pass Of Achray; Loch Katrine Scheme
Canmore ID 128277
Site Number NN40NE 26.01
NGR NN 48975 06734
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128277
- Council Stirling
- Parish Aberfoyle
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN40NE 26 48975 06734
For general summary of Loch Katrine (reservoir), see NN41SW 29.
Formerly entered as NN40NE 26.00.
Dam [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.
Loch Katrine scheme, Loch Katrine Achray Dam (Muylle Id=13): This dam originally had four sluices (1855 Act) but this was increased to nine when the water level of Loch Katrine was raised in the aftermath of the 1885 Act. A further phase of modification raised the level again in the period 1919-29. There are currently 13 sluices of which six have gates. There is a fishladder and most of the railings are original while the platform over the overflow appears to be modern. The sluice controls are by Glenfield Co., Hydraulic Engineers, Kilmarnock.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
