Edinburgh Joint Stock Water Co

Sectors:

  • Utility services Water supply & wastewater services

Notes:

Traced origins to 1819 when established to acquire Edinburgh Corporation's water supply assets and to build the city's first significant water supply. First works completed 1822 to design of James Jardine, 1776-1858, civil engineer. This involved bringing water from a new reservoir [Glencorse Reservoir] in the Pentland Hills via a nine mile long, cast iron aqueduct. 1871 acquired by Edinburgh & District Water Co. Introduction by R A Paxton gives context

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