Alnwickhill Filters

Category

Library Item

Item no

29007

Title

Alnwickhill Filters

Description

Workers building filter beds at Alnwickhill reservoir. Hills and church in the background.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1879

Size

11.9 cm x 16.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Alnwickhill Filters and service reservoir stood near Liberton on the southern edge of the city. This system of filter beds works by filtering the water through gradations of sand to remove impurities which it has picked up either at the source or through its journey to the city through pipes. The Alnwickhill filters purified the supply from the Moorfoots which includes the Portmore, Gladhouse, Rosebury and Edgelaw reservoirs.

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