Killearn Aqueduct Bridge

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Killearn Aqueduct Bridge

Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 15 Sep 2018

The bridge, which crosses the Kirkhouse Burn, is the best preserved of the 13 stone-built aqueduct bridges at the lower end of the first phase of the Glasgow Corporation Water Works system carrying water from Loch Katrine to Glasgow. It dates from 1856 and is Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB51139 .

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.038682
Longitude
-4.365117