Glencorse Reservoir
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 51 '43 " N , 3 ° 15' 9" W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1820-1824 | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 33.5 m ASL | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 100 m | ||||||||
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| Water surface | 21 ha | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 880 m | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 780 m | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 1 634 710 m³ | ||||||||
The Glencorse Reservoir is a reservoir in Scotland .
history
The reservoir was built between 1820 and 1824. The Scottish engineer James Jardine was responsible for the planning, with the assistance of Thomas Telford and John Rennie . The cost of construction was £ 43,000. The Glencorse Reservoir was set up essentially to supply water to the numerous mills along the North Esk , but also served to supply Edinburgh . For this purpose, cast iron pipelines were laid over a stretch of around 14 kilometers , which, among other things, supplied small reservoirs on Castle Rock and near George Heriot's School .
Today, the Glencorse Reservoir is part of the Pentland Works for water supply to Edinburgh.
The Glencorse Reservoir floods the medieval St Catherine's Chapel , the ruins of which become visible when the water level is low.
geography
The approximately 880 m long and 780 m wide lake is located south of the Midlothian Council Area in the Pentland Hills near the small town of Penicuik . The roughly L-shaped lake has an area of maximum 21 hectares with a storage volume of 1,634,710 m³. Castlelaw Hill and Bell's Hill rise along its thighs , while Turnhouse Hill lies in the inner corner.
The Glencorse Reservoir is created by damming the Logan Burns , which flows into the west side of the reservoir. On the east side of the Glencorse Burn flows off, which finally drains over the North Esk into the Firth of Forth . Only 1.5 kilometers upstream, the water of the Logan Burns has already been dammed to the Loganlea Reservoir .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Entry on Glencorse Reservoir in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on St Catherine's Chapel in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Glencorse Reservoir in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database