Loch Keterine [Loch Katrine]

Category

Library Item

Item no

15014

Title

Loch Keterine [Loch Katrine]

Description

A man directs a horse who appears to be pulling a long, circular tube of unknown material along a long road which crosses over a river. The tube of perhaps metal material, appears to drop off the side of the stone bridge. The river appears to feed a large loch which is visible to the right of the bridge.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1800

Size

26.5 x 42 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Item is dated 14 Sep 1800. Loch Katrine became an essential part of daily life in Glasgow in 1855 when it became the key source of water for the ever-growing city population. A number of aqueducts were built to carry the water, with one being inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1859. A number of mills were also set up around the Loch during the late 1800s. Prior to the industrial uses of the loch, farming was the main form of subsistence. The objects being pulled by the horse in this image may have had a farming use or perhaps used in some of the early mills.

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Landscape > Water > Loch, lakes and ponds

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

People > Adults > Men

Places > Scotland > Stirlingshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Plants > Trees > Trees

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Infrastructure > Stone bridges

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