Built in 1859, the aqueduct serves more than 1.3M people in parts of Greater Glasgow and the central belt. The work will help improve the security of the
James Savage, inset, helped to build the Katrine Aqueduct IT’S a feat of Victorian engineering which for more than a century has quenched Glasgow’s thirst. Now, an ambitious redevelopment of the Katrine Aqueduct has been welcomed . by the great-granddaughter of a man who helped to build it. Alison Kerr’s ancestor James Savage was one of 3000 tradesmen who transformed the Trossachs when a second waterway was built to cope with the rapid growth of Glasgow in the late 19th century. A first aqueduct, opened in 1859, was unable to meet the rising demands, so a second was developed after 1885.
It was hailed as one of the world s greatest engineering feats of its day and helped transform the health of citizens across the central belt. Opened by Queen Victoria on October 14, 1859, the original Katrine Aqueduct was an integral part of the loch that has been the primary water reservoir for much of the city of Glasgow and its surrounding areas, serving more than 1.3m people. The Loch Katrine system - now made up of two aqueducts that are 25 and 23 miles in length from the loch to treatment works north of Glasgow, provides about 110 million gallons of water a day. Now a £20m upgrade to the original Victorian aqueduct has been unveiled - and the great-granddaughter of the man who helped build the megastructure has welcomed the development.
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The great-granddaughter of a man who helped build a Victorian aqueduct has welcomed a £20 million upgrade of the megastructure.
The Katrine Aqueduct in the Trossachs was built in 1859 and today serves more than 1.3 million people in Greater Glasgow and the central belt.
A second aqueduct was built between 1885 and 1901 to accommodate the rapid expansion of Glasgow in the late 19th century.
Together they take water from Loch Katrine and use gravity, with no need for pumping, to transport it to Milngavie and Balmore Water Treatment Works north of Glasgow.
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