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Alnwick Hill Filters
Unknown, 1879, Photograph
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Alnwick Hill Filters
Alnwick Hill Filters
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29005
Title
Alnwick Hill Filters
Description
Workers constructing filter beds at Alnwick Hill Reservoir.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1879
Size
11.8 cm x 16.0 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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