Gorbals Water Works, Coalhill Reservoir
Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gorbals Water Works, Coalhill Reservoir
Classification Reservoir (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Barrhead Reservoirs; Balgray Reservoir Complex
Canmore ID 291916
Site Number NS55NW 146.18
NGR NS 51690 57430
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291916
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Neilston (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS55NW 146.18 51690 57430
See NS55NW 146.00 for history and description of Gorbals Gravitational Waterworks
This reservoir is an annex to Balgray reservoir, and separated from it by the Newton Mearns to Barrhead road. No specific characteristics are known but most likely it was constructed together with Balgray Reservoir in 1853-54.
Infomation from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out survey of sites and structures of Gorbals Waterworks for RCAHMS, Historic Scotland funded, December 2007/January 2008.