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Alnwickhill Filters
Unknown, 1879, Photograph
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Alnwickhill Filters
Alnwickhill Filters
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29007
Title
Alnwickhill Filters
Description
Workers building filter beds at Alnwickhill reservoir. Hills and church in the background.
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Unknown
Date
1879
Size
11.9 cm x 16.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Alnwickhill Filters and service reservoir stood near Liberton on the southern edge of the city. This system of filter beds works by filtering the water through gradations 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 purified the supply from the Moorfoots which includes the Portmore, Gladhouse, Rosebury and Edgelaw reservoirs.
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