Lecture Series May: Bringing the Sweet Waters to Edinburgh

Name: Lecture Series May: Bringing the Sweet Waters to Edinburgh
Start: 2024-05-30T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-05-30T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Gladstone's Land

Schedule

Thu May 30 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Gladstone's Land | Edinburgh, SC

A history of Edinburgh's water supply.
About this Event

This talk will cover the story of Edinburgh's water supply from the 1670s. We will discuss acts of parliament; how spring water was collected to be distributed in the town and subsequent development.

Cover Image: Taken from The Edinburgh and District Water Supply: a Historical Sketch. by James Colston. Pub. Colston and Co. Edinburgh (1890), via GoogleBooks.

Tea and coffee refreshments included in ticket price.

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