Perth Water Works

Perth Water Works
Perth Water Works
	Neo-classical
Listed Building – Category A
Designated	20 May 1965
Reference no.	LB39341
	Shown in Perth

Perth Water Works (also known as Corporation Water Works)

listed. Historic Environment Scotland states that it is one of Scotland's most significant industrial buildings, and that its large-scale cast-iron construction may be the first very first in the world.^[2]

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.^[2]

The building's architect was Adam Anderson, the rector of Perth Academy.^[2]

An inscription over the door in the rotunda reads Aquam Igne Et Aqua Haurio ("I draw water by fire and water").^[2]

The engine house has a tall

fibreglass replica of the original, which was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1871).^[2]

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

Heritage Lottery, Historic Scotland and Perth and Kinross Council.^[2]

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Plaque

References

^ Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes – Perth Town Council (1907), p. 19
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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

[official9-1] Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes – Perth Town Council (1907), p. 19

[hes-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Historic Environment Scotland. "TAY STREET, FORMER PERTH WATER WORKS (Category A Listed Building) (LB39341)". Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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