Cuningar Loop

The Cuningar Loop is a meander on the River Clyde at Dalmarnock.

The first Glasgow Water Company's Act was obtained in 1806, and the company began to supply water early in 1809. Before the Victorian Loch Katrine aqueduct project was completed in the 1850s, it supplied water to Glasgow. Cuningar Loop was the location of several reservoirs that raised water from the Clyde and pumped it to a secondary reservoir at Sydney Street, from where it was distributed throughout the city. The Dalmarnock reservoirs were originally designed under the direction of Thomas Telford and James Watt. It is currently subject to proposals to develop the currently derelict site into a country park, augmenting the plans for the 2014 Commonwealth Games village across the river.[1]

Source

• The Water Supply of Glasgow

Coordinates: 55°50′24″N 4°12′02″W / 55.84°N 4.20056°W / 55.84; -4.20056