Kings & rulers > More leaves from the journal of a life in the Highlands from 1862 to 1882

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of the cock, and it was very pretty to see the water
rushing up.
These waterworks are on a most extensive scale,
and are estimated to convey to the city 6,000,000
gallons of water daily. The water is from the river
Dee, from which it is diverted at Cairnton, about four
miles above Banchory. The principal features of the
works are a tunnel 760 yards in length, which is cut
through the hill of Cairnton, composed of solid rock
of a very hard nature. At the end of the tunnel is the
Invercannie Reservoir, where the ceremony took place.
This reservoir is estimated to contain 15,000,000
gallons of water. It is just two years and a half since
the first turf of the undertaking was cut, and the cost
of the works is 130,000/. The ceremony was over in
less than a quarter of an hour, and we returned as we
came, stopping a moment at the door of Mr. Davidson’s
house, where his daughter presented me with a nose¬
gay. The day was fine and mild. The people were
very kind, and cheered a good deal.
We got back at twenty minutes past two.