Glasgow Corporation Water Works Loch Katrine Scheme
Year built :
1858
Designer/builder :
John F Bateman
Length :
300 m
Current use :
Aqueduct
Over :
Corrie Burn
Type :
beam
Material :
wrought-iron
Grid Reference.:
NS 48530 95710
Comments :
Relatively low-lying 332 yard aqueduct bridge comprising iron trough carried on two earth and battered masonry embankments with single battered masonry pier to centre. Cast-iron trough to embankment sections; riveted wrought-iron to centre; coursed, bull-faced sandstone to pier and embankment. Sandstone ashlar cope and regularly spaced gated manhole entrances to masonry embankments. Conduit emerges from sandstone archway at each end; standard GCWW plain cast-iron railings. Security cover and railings added to embankment sections of trough 2007. [HS] The piers are 3,2 m wide on the base and the clear width is 13 m at each field.