Rosebury Reservoir

Category

Library Item

Item no

29028

Title

Rosebury [Rosebery] Reservoir

Description

This image shows the construction of the overflow system at Rosebery Reservoir. It details the water way cut into the hillside being preserved by wooden scaffolding and brick walls built to maintain the stability in the hillside at the basin of the reservoir.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1879

Size

11.1 cm x 15.5 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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