Basic Site Details Name: | City water supply | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Cistern | | | | Fountain | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1674 | 1675 | Build/construction | Five cisterns or fountains as part of new system of water supply | | 1674 | 1681 | Build/construction | Construction by Mylne |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | (Sir) William Bruce | | A | 1674 | 1675 | Five cisterns or fountains as part of new system of water supply | | Robert Mylne | | B | 1674 | 1681 | Constructed cisterns over Edinburgh in connection with new water supply from Comiston under direction of Bruce. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Wood, M (ed) | | Extracts from the Records of the City of Edinburgh 1665-80 | | | xliii, pp426-431 |
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