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Harperrig Reservoir
Harperrig Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland, to the north of the Pentland Hills, south of Mid Calder. The Water of Leith flows through it, and nearby are Harlaw Reservoir and Threipmuir Reservoir. It has been proposed that the reservoir be designated as a local nature reserve to be managed by West Lothian Council. History and usage Harperrig Reservoir was created in 1860 as part of a scheme to improve the supply of drinking water to Edinburgh, its function being as a compensation reservoir to guarantee a supply of water to the mills along the course of the Water of Leith. The dam was raised in height in 1890. In 2006 ownership of the reservoir was transferred from Scottish Water to the City of Edinburgh Council, the Council undertook modifications to the outflow in 2007–2008 as part of the Water of Leith Flood Prevention Scheme so that the reservoir could be used to store flood water and regulate the downstream flow of the Water of Leith. Description Harperri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geographically by the River Avon, Falkirk, Avon to the west and the River Almond, Lothian, Almond to the east. The modern council area occupies a larger area than the historic county. It was reshaped following local government reforms in 1975: some areas in the west were transferred to Falkirk (council area), Falkirk; some areas in the east were transferred to Edinburgh; and some areas that had formerly been part of in Midlothian were added to West Lothian. West Lothian lies on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and is predominantly rural, though there were extensive coal, iron, and shale oil mining operations in the 19th and 20th centuries. These created distinctive red-spoil heaps (locally known as "bing (mining), bings") throughout the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC. It was characterized by the use of bronze, the use of writing in some areas, and other features of early urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of the three-age system, between the Stone Age, Stone and Iron Ages. Worldwide, the Bronze Age generally followed the Neolithic period, with the Chalcolithic serving as a transition. The Bronze Age is generally considered to have ended with the Late Bronze Age collapse, a time of widespread societal collapse between and 1150 BC. This collapse affected a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean, including North Africa and Southeast Europe, as well as the Near East, in particular History of Egypt, Egypt, Ancient Libya, eastern Libya, the Balkans, the Aegean Sea#History, Aegean, Anatolia, and the Caucasus. It was sudden, violent, and culturally disruptive for many Bronze Age civilizations, and it brought a sharp econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
