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Whinhill Reservoir

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Aqueduct (19th Century), Dam (19th Century), Reservoir (19th Century), Waterworks (19th Century)

Site Name Whinhill Reservoir

Classification Aqueduct (19th Century), Dam (19th Century), Reservoir (19th Century), Waterworks (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Greenock Waterworks

Canmore ID 85595

Site Number NS27SE 53

NGR NS 27704 74526

NGR Description Centred NS 27704 74526

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85595

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Oblique aerial view of Greenock Whinhill Golf Course and Whinhill Reservoir, looking W.
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  • Council Inverclyde
  • Parish Greenock
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Inverclyde
  • Former County Renfrewshire

Archaeology Notes

NS27SE 53 centred 27704 74526

Location formerly cited as NS 277 745.

Reservoir and dam linked by aqueduct to the water treatment plant (NS 282 746). Visible on Ordnance Survey aerial photograph 88/041/068.

Information from RCAHMS, 23 August 1995.

Site recorded during a desk-based and field survey undertaken as part of Scottish Power's Inverclyde overhead transmission line proposals.

NS 281 745 Dam, reservoir, aqueduct.

Sponsor: Scottish Power plc.

D Alexander and C McGill 1997.

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