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DM162 - Brunel Collection
10 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Letterbooks
2 - Letterbook 2: 1836-1855
Ref No
DM162/10/2/folio 361-367
Title
Letter about Glasgow Water Works: part 3
Description
Letter from Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council, Glasgow.
Report on water supply to Glasgow, including Bateman's and other previous reports and plans, details of quantities and effect, New York Croton aqueduct supply and effect, population, comparison of supply from lochs and rivers, Admiralty report on Firth of Forth, Bateman's and Gale's reports on extension of Gorbals works, estimates of cost, purity, recommendation of supply from Loch Katrine.
Date
12 February 1855
Format
Manuscript
Extent
7 sheets
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