Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Milngavie HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p><strong>Walking Tour</strong><br />Guide: Donald Shankland.</p><p>?</p> OpeningTime1 10 am to 12 noon OpeningDate1 15/9/2018 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 9531 Refreshments No Street The street address Milngavie Town Hall AddressLine2 71 Station Road Postcode G62 8BZ Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Milngavie Waterworks Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived eastdunbartonshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1334 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.94211,-4.315121; Description An account of the resource <p>This walk, organised by the Milngavie Heritage group, provided the opportunity to discover how the Victorians resolved the epidemic problems of their growing cities, such as Glasgow, by harnessing natural resources i.e. Loch Katrine, to provide plentiful supplies of fresh clean water for its citizens.</p><p>The Milngavie Water Treatment Works was completed in 1859 and is located in a building dating from the original scheme to supply the City of Glasgow with water from Loch Katrine. The plant was fully modernised during the 1970s and additional new equipment installed in 1988-89. The adjacent Mugdock Reservoir was opened as part of the 1859 scheme. Craigmaddie Reservoir nearby was opened in 1896.</p><p>?</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1859-1989