North Esk Reservoir
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 48 '30 " N , 3 ° 21' 0" W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | in the middle of the 19th century | ||||||||
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| Reservoir length | 420 m | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 220 m | ||||||||
The North Esk Reservoir is a reservoir in Scotland . It lies on the border of the Council Areas Midlothian and Scottish Borders .
geography
The approximately 420 m long and 220 m wide lake is located in the Pentland Hills on the western edge of Midlothian. It is located in a valley between several hills. These include the Wether Law (519 m), Spittal Hill (526 m), Patie's Hill (475 m) and the Cock Rig (479 m). The nearest towns are Penicuik in the northeast and West Linton in the south, each about six kilometers away. Various mountain streams flow into the North Esk Reservoir, with the name-giving North Esk crossing it and being the only drain. It flows into the northwest and leaves the lake at the southwest end.
history
In the course of industrialization , numerous mills, mainly paper mills, settled along the North Esk. In order to ensure a steady flow throughout the year, a consortium of paper industrialists commissioned the construction of the reservoir in the middle of the 19th century. The engineer Thomas Stevenson , the father of the writer Robert Louis Stevenson, accompanied the planning and implementation . With the closure of the operations in the course of the 20th century, the reservoir lost its importance. After the last paper mill was closed in 2004, a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest were set up around the lake .
