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Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, 1885 Aqueduct, Ballat Valve House
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned), Waterworks (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow Corporation Waterworks, 1885 Aqueduct, Ballat Valve House
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned), Waterworks (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Katrine Scheme
Canmore ID 286687
Site Number NS59SW 16.01
NGR NS 52002 90494
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286687
- Council Stirling
- Parish Balfron
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS58SW 16.01 52022 90494
Loch Katrine scheme, Ballat, 1885 valve house (Muylle Id = 352): This fine, masonry, crenellated valve house related to the 1885 aqueduct scheme sits two levels. It has four valves and four ventilation 'mushroom-shaped' pipes. The windows have been broken.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
