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Rosebury Reservoir
Unknown, 1879, Photograph
Rosebury Reservoir
Rosebury Reservoir
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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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