Cobbinshaw Reservoir
Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cobbinshaw Reservoir
Classification Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal, Feeder Reservoir; Bog Burn
Canmore ID 81458
Site Number NT05NW 34
NGR NT 01875 58128
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81458
- Council West Lothian
- Parish West Calder
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT05NW 34.00 01875 58128
Location formerly cited as centred 019 580.
NT05NW 34.01 NT 0235 5911 to 0256 5894 Cobbinshaw Reservoir, dam.
NT05NW 34.02 NT 0140 5749 to 0163 5741 Cobbinshaw Reservoir, causeway.
See also:
NT06NE 32.00 NT 08644 68529 Almondell Aqueduct
NT17SW 177 NT 1058 7056 to NT 1047 7000 Lin's Mill, Canal Feeder
This feeder control reservoir for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was authorised in 1817. Water from the reservoir passed down the Bog Burn into the River Almond and entered the canal through a feeder just E of the Almond aqueduct (NT17SW 47).
J Lindsay 1968.
