Milngavie, Craigmaddie Reservoir, Gauge Basin
Gauge Basin (19th Century) - (20th Century), Reservoir (19th Century)
Site Name Milngavie, Craigmaddie Reservoir, Gauge Basin
Classification Gauge Basin (19th Century) - (20th Century), Reservoir (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Strathblane Road; Glasgow Corporation Waterworks Loch Katrine Scheme
Canmore ID 287459
Site Number NS57NE 61.01
NGR NS 5635 7598
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/287459
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish New Kilpatrick (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57NE 61.01 5635 7598
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, Craigmaddie, gauge basin (Muylle Id =284): This dates from the 1885 onwards phase of the water supply scheme. The water passes from the Aqueduct into the Gauge Basin which is 130 imperial feet in diamterer. The water passes from one section to another through apertures at the bottom of the walls. This checks the force of the water as well as stilling it before it enters the adjoining measuring pond or basin where the quantity passing into the Reservoirs each day is measured.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out a survey of aqueducts and related structures of the Glasgow
Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme, 2006.
Glasgow Corporation Water Department, 1933
Aerial Photography (2 April 2003)
Aerial Photography (2 April 2003)
Aerial Photography (2 April 2003)
Aerial Photography (2 April 2003)
Aerial Photography (2 April 2003)
Project (8 January 2018 - 9 January 2018)
An archaeological desk-based assessment of the proposed route for a water pipeline. The assessment comprised a walkover survey of the route combined with a map regression exercise and on-line searches of the National Record of the Historic Environment and the Stirling Council Historic Environment Record. The East Dunbartonshire Historic Environment Record is not available on-line.
Information from C Shaw - Guard Archaeology Ltd
OASIS ID: guardarc1-307462
Desk Based Assessment (8 January 2018 - 9 January 2018)
NS 5644 7589 This dates from the 1885 onwards phase of the Loch Katrine water supply scheme. The water passes from the aqueduct into the gauge basin which is 130 imperial feet in diameter. The water passes from one section to another through apertures at the bottom of the walls. This checks the force of the water as well as stilling it before it enters the adjoining measuring pond or basin where the quantity passing into the reservoirs each day is measured.
Information from C Shaw – Guard Archaeology Ltd
OASIS ID: guardarc1-307462
