Bonnington Power Station, Surge Tank
Water Pipe (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bonnington Power Station, Surge Tank
Classification Water Pipe (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bonnington Hydro-electric Scheme; River Clyde; Corra Linn; Bonnington Linn; Falls Of Clyde
Canmore ID 255887
Site Number NS84SE 131.02
NGR NS 88496 41447
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255887
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lanark
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS84SE 131.02 88496 41447
Location formerly cited as NS 8849 4145.
NS 8880 4145 to NS 8852 4144 Archaeological monitoring was carried out from 4 to 11 July 2006 in advance of the forthcoming refurbishment of Bonnington Penstock Power Station. During the monitoring of a temporary access road no features of archaeological significance were observed. All that was present on site was a disused lead water pipe believed to have supplied water to the Corra Linn Pavilion constructed in 1708.
Report to WoSAS and archive to NMRS.
Sponsor: Halcrow Group Ltd.
Claire Shaw, 2006.
Watching Brief (4 July 2006 - 11 July 2006)
NS 8880 4145 to NS 8852 4144 Archaeological monitoring was carried out from 4 to 11 July 2006 in advance of the forthcoming refurbishment of Bonnington Penstock Power Station. During the monitoring of a temporary access road no features of archaeological significance were observed. All that was present on site was a disused lead water pipe believed to have supplied water to the Corra Linn Pavilion constructed in 1708.
Report to WoSAS and archive to NMRS.
Sponsor: Halcrow Group Ltd.
C Shaw 2006
Field Visit (2010)
This aqueduct runs underground and links the intake from the tilting weir with the penstocks leading into the powerhouse below. The Falls of Clyde scheme is an important example of the earliest large scale application of hydroelectric power for public supply in Scotland The scheme consist of two powerhouse each with an associated weir operating as run of the river schemes. All elements of the scheme are design cohesively in a modern classical style which was very influential over later developments such as the Rannoch / Tummel scheme. Buchan & Partners, Engineers, Bound plans and sections of Lanarkshire hydro-electric power schemes near Bonnington and near Nemphlar and Stonebyres Falls (1923-1924) NAS Reference, RHP 43551. Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co, 1926; John Hume, 1976; DC Eve, Harnessing the Falls of Clyde: the construction of the Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1924-7; Archive, Issue 14 (1997), 17-27; R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007, 228-9.
