Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, Loch Venachar, Reservoir
Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, Loch Venachar, Reservoir
Classification Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Katrine Scheme; Eas Gobhain
Canmore ID 166749
Site Number NN50NE 24
NGR NN 57501 05549
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/166749
- Council Stirling
- Parish Callander
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN50NE 24.00 57501 05549
Extends onto map sheet NN50NE.
Formerly entered as NN50NE 23.
NN50NE 24.01 NN 59792 06450 Dam, Sluice House and Fish Ladder
NN50NE 24.02 NN 59829 06203 Pier (Quay)
For crannog and possible crannog in this loch, see NN50NE 2 and NN50NE 5, respectively.
Loch Venachar (Reservoir)
Top water level 82 metres above Newlyn datum [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1978.
ARCHITECT: James Bateman (Engineer), 1856-9.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This reservoir is apparently of essentially natural formation, although the Eas Gobhain has been dammed at its E end.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 February 2006.
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
In drawing water from Loch Katrine for the supply of Glasgow, compensation water had to be provided to the
RiverTeith, and 40.5mgd was required. This was obtained by storing water in Loch Vennachar and Loch Drunkie. A dam at Loch Vennachar raised its water surface 5 ft 8 in. above the normal summer level and authority was obtained to draw down 6 ft below that level. Loch Drunkie was raised 20 ft and its water conveyed to Loch Vennachar. The dam at Loch Vennachar had a fish ladder provided to allow the passage of salmon. These works had to be implemented before any water could be drawn from Loch Katrine, and were carried out from 1855–59. The engineer was J. F. Bateman.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
