A view to two reservoirs

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 24 Jul 2017

The more obvious of the two reservoirs is the grey area near the centre of the picture, which is a Image; the little building at its near end is shown in Image In front of the left-hand side of that covered reservoir is a near-horizontal grey line: it is a metal fence, shown from the other side in Image As noted in that item, an old aqueduct runs along that side of the fence. In the present picture, there is, on the near side of that metal fence, some greenery; just below that, a small dark patch of water is visible. It is part of a body of water, centred on Image, that is shown on the map. It is the second of the reservoirs referred to in the title of the present picture; as mentioned at Image, it is annotated on the first-edition map (surveyed in 1857) as "Reservoir (Shaws Waterworks)". For a description of Shaws Water Works as a whole, see the end-note, written by another contributor. The Clyde is prominent in the background. On its far shore, the town of Helensburgh can be seen on the left. The wooded promontory of Ardmore Point is on the right. Behind the left-hand end of the covered reservoir, a conspicuous close group of trees can be seen in front of the Clyde. On the skyline, directly above those trees, is the top of Ben Lomond (Image), about 30km (18½ miles) away. At the centre of the skyline, directly behind a group of three trees, is a spreading hill: Beinn Uird (Image), about 26½ km (16½ miles) away. Just to the right of that, behind a single tree, is what looks like a double peak: Beinn Chochan Image) with Beinn Bhreac (right, Image) just to its right, both about 36km (22½ miles) away. See the 1:25000 map, which labels both of those peaks. The much nearer hills on the right, across the Clyde, are Ben Bowie and the ridge of Killoeter.

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