. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . mountains annmd to be cut off. As it is, there is no deficiency, andthough the trees on the margin of the lake seem in places to have suffered, LOCH KATRINE. 109 ihc outfall to Loch Achray is, generally speaking, as copious as ever ; while,to i)revent any diminution in the river Teith, Loch Vennachar has beenembanked, so as greatly to increase its storage ; while little Loch Drunkie,a mountain tarn 416 feet above the sea, that discharges into Loch Vennachar(269 feet) is also used for storage. There is thus no fear that the supplymay prove insuff
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . mountains annmd to be cut off. As it is, there is no deficiency, andthough the trees on the margin of the lake seem in places to have suffered, LOCH KATRINE. 109 ihc outfall to Loch Achray is, generally speaking, as copious as ever ; while,to i)revent any diminution in the river Teith, Loch Vennachar has beenembanked, so as greatly to increase its storage ; while little Loch Drunkie,a mountain tarn 416 feet above the sea, that discharges into Loch Vennachar(269 feet) is also used for storage. There is thus no fear that the supplymay prove insufficient; and in fact Loch Katrine at the very lowest falls lautthree feet below the old summer level, while, as we have seen, it may touchfour feet above that level, a total range of but seven feet. Irom the lake thewater is conveyed to Glasgow, a distance of thirty-four miles ; partly by tunnelsthrough the hills, partly by aqueducts, overarched, and carried across valleysby lofty bridges ; while in three valleys, those of the Dochray Water, the. The Silver Strand, Loch Katrine. River Lndrick, and the Blane Water, the water is conductetl down theslope and ascends on the opposite side in cast-iron pipes four feet in miles out of Glasgow, at Mugdock, there is a great service reservoir317 feet above the sea-level, with a capacity of 550 millions of gallons ; andfrom this the water is carried to Glasgow by several mains, each to its ownquarter of the city and suburbs. The result is that the inhabitants of thisfavoured town have everywhere in their houses and manufactories a practically Here are the exact figures for the informatiun of the curious :—iStf^A Kalrine^ raised 4 feet above the oldbUmmer level, has a water surface of 3,059 acres, and a capacity of 5,623,581,250 gallons; Lech Vennachar, raised5 feet 9 inches, covering 1,025 acres, capacity 2,588,960,350 ; Loch Drunkie, raised 25 feet, covering 138aaes, capacity 773,750,063 gallons; total 4,222 acres
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