Perth Water Works
Clean water was drawn from filter beds on Moncreiffe Island, in the adjacent River Tay, and pumped beneath the river, by a steam engine, into a 146,000 imperial gallons (660,000 L; 175,000 US gal) holding tank in the building's rotunda.
The building's architect was Adam Anderson, the rector of Perth Academy.
An inscription over the door in the rotunda reads Aquam Igne Et Aqua Haurio ("I draw water by fire and water").
The engine house has a tall Doric columned chimney, capped by a Roman urn (a fibreglass replica of the original, which was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1871).
The building became surplus to requirements in 1965, when the city opened a new water works. It was restored in 1973, for use as a Tourist Information Centre, by James Morris and Robert Steedman, and then converted to its current use nineteen years later. Its dome was reconstructed in 2003 as part of a restoration funded by the Heritage Lottery, Historic Scotland and Perth and Kinross Council.
Gallery
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Plaque
See also
References
- ^ Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes – Perth Town Council (1907), p. 19
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "TAY STREET, FORMER PERTH WATER WORKS (Category A Listed Building) (LB39341)". Retrieved 20 October 2021.
External links
- The Fergusson Gallery – Culture Perth & Kinross