Rosebury Reservoir

Category

Library Item

Item no

29017

Title

Rosebury [Rosebery] Reservoir

Description

This photograph of a stone culvert carrying overthrough water under a banking at Rosebery Reservoir.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1879

Size

14.9 cm x 12.0 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Rosebery Reservoir is a small body of water which stands near Gorebridge in Midlothian. Opened in 1880 it is a compensation reservoir which collects surface water from the Moorfoot Hills. It is mostly used today for pleasure fishing and is the habitat of rainbow trout, pike and perch.

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Landscape > Land > Hills

Landscape > Water > Reservoirs

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Grasses > Grasses

Transport > Infrastructure > Culverts

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