Glasgow City Corporation Waterworks, 1855 Aqueduct, Couligarton Aqueduct Bridge No 3
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow City Corporation Waterworks, 1855 Aqueduct, Couligarton Aqueduct Bridge No 3
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Katrine Scheme
Canmore ID 286085
Site Number NS49NE 29
NGR NS 4563 9978
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286085
- Council Stirling
- Parish Aberfoyle
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NS49NE 29 4563 9978
Aqueduct [NAT] (NS 4563 9978)
1:10 000 Ordnance Survey map (undated).
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, Couligarton aqueduct bridge: This masonry aqueduct dates from the first phase of the waterworks (1850s) and measures 193.85m (212 imperial yards) in length on three red sandstone piers. The cast-iron troughs and wrought-iron box section were made by Alston and Gourlay of Glasgow and the railings are original Glasgow Corporation Waterworks design except for the access to the box section. This aqueduct bridge is depicted on a Scottish Water plan: No.1 Blairhulachan Contract, plan 00031.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
