Glasgow City Corporation Waterworks, 1885 Aqueduct, Jenny's Glen Pipe Bridge
Pipe Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow City Corporation Waterworks, 1885 Aqueduct, Jenny's Glen Pipe Bridge
Classification Pipe Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme
Canmore ID 286388
Site Number NS57NE 99
NGR NS 5549 7981
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286388
- Council Stirling
- Parish Strathblane (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NSS57NE 99 5549 7981
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 scheme, Jenny's Glen 1885 pipe bridge (Muylle Id=335). This single-arched aqueduct pipe bridge dates from the second phase (1880s, inaugurated 1901) of the aqueduct scheme. A pipe bridge carries aqueduct pipes in the syphon section of the line. It is constructed from iron and masonry (though soffit arch lined with concrete), with distinct abutments, original railings. The bridge is on the route of the private Campsie Dene Road.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
