Alnwickhill measuring house

Category

Library Item

Item no

29009

Title

Alnwickhill measuring house

Description

Four men in Victorian dress and their dog stand outside the Alnwickhill reservoir Measuring House.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1879

Size

12.0 cm x 16.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Alnwickhill Filters and service reservoir stand near Liberton on the southern edge of the city. This system of filter beds works through the water filtering through gradiations 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 concentrate on purifying the supply from the Moorfoots which includes the Portmore, Gladhouse, Rosebury and Edgelaw reservoirs.

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