Glasgow City Corporation Waterworks, 1855 Aqueduct, Lossnaugh Aqueduct Bridge
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow City Corporation Waterworks, 1855 Aqueduct, Lossnaugh Aqueduct Bridge
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Katrine Scheme
Canmore ID 286721
Site Number NS49SE 7.02
NGR NS 48909 94591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286721
- Council Stirling
- Parish Drymen
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS49SE 7.02 4891 9459
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, Lossnaugh Aqueduct Bridge (Muylle Id no = 179): This stone-built aqueduct is part of the 1855 scheme. It carries the aqueduct across the Lossnaugh Burn and has had its railings replaced, a concrete covering and a sluice added.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
