Glasgow City Corporation Water Works, 1855 Aqueduct, Kelty Water Burncover
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow City Corporation Water Works, 1855 Aqueduct, Kelty Water Burncover
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Katrine Scheme
Canmore ID 286915
Site Number NS49NE 59
NGR NS 48573 96163
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286915
- Council Stirling
- Parish Drymen
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS49NE 59 48573 96163
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, Kelty, Kelty Water crossing, burncover (Muylle Id no = 158): This burncover dates from the 1855-59 phase of the aqueduct and stops the burn from eroding or seeping into the aqueduct.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
