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The water was pressurised in a pumping station at 321 High Street and supplied through thirty miles of pipes below the city's streets.

Glasgow was one of the few cities to have such a high pressure hydraulic system and it operated from the 1890s until 1964.

Can anyone confirm if this is correct? Or provide another explanation?

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xi timpin 2y ago

nostr:npub1ug8yq5ccfa64v3p6axqw8f94qxlznep53l22vjuecpd3629cqjhsgnytkq: surely the best source would be the city council.

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This Is My Glasgow 2y ago

nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc It was a private system rather than a public one, but I guess the council should have an idea of what runs under the streets. Not too sure how I'd access the information, though, but I'll certainly give them a go. 👍🙂

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16354698... 2y ago

nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc nostr:npub1ug8yq5ccfa64v3p6axqw8f94qxlznep53l22vjuecpd3629cqjhsgnytkq Scottish Councils seem to have treated local government reorg in the 1970s as an opportunity to dump many records in a skip! But perhaps Glasgow will have taken more care and retained Glasgow Corporation's records.