Glasgow, Craigend, Waterworks, Garthamlock Water Tower
Water Tower (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Craigend, Waterworks, Garthamlock Water Tower
Classification Water Tower (20th Century)
Canmore ID 277723
Site Number NS66NE 96.02
NGR NS 65355 66553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277723
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
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)
Garthamlock Water Tower is a circular concrete water tower with unrestrained, laterally unsupported, columns 100 ft high. This is the second highest water tower in Britain, but is the largest, holding 1 000 000 gallons. The tank with a water depth of 22 ft 9 in. and a top water level of 485 and a 1/2 ft above ordnance datum was
built from 1956–58 by Holst & Co. Ltd to designs of F. A. Macdonald & Partners for Glasgow Corporation.
Another significant water tower is at Bearyards, Bishopriggs (NS 6120 7060) 80 ft high. It is one of several holding 600 000 gallons and was completed in 1959 by Drummond, Lithgow & Co. to designs of F. A. Macdonald & Partners.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
