For a long time the main offices of the water board and its successors were in Balmore Road, Possilpark, Glasgow. Maybe your ancestor was based there rather than at a reservoir or pumping station. Iain McKenzie On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Iain MacIntosh via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > My great grandfather was a ploughman, who moved from Kintyre to Barrhead > outside Glasgow to work on a farm at Low Auchenback. He ended up as a > Waterworks labourer working for the Gorbals Water Works, later owned by the > Glasgow Corporation Water Department at Barrhead/Darnley. See > http://www.damstodarnley.org/barrhead-dams.htm > > Regards > > Iain MacIntosh > > -----Original Message----- > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Andrew McCletchie via > Sent: 29 December 2015 17:02 > To: Maisie Egger; lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > Thanks for that Maisie. My GGG GF in 1861 is 'Surveyer Corporation Water > Works'. He died in 1864 as 'Clerk to the Water Commissioner', so looks to > have been employed by the City Council. > > But thats a whopping daily commute from the bottom end of New City Road, so > I will also have a look closer to home. Perhaps there were Council Offices > nearby ? > > Wiki says : The Milngavie reservoir is visited by tourists and walkers. The > reservoir is made up of the Craigmaddie and Mugdock reservoirs and was > opened in 1859 by Queen Victoria.[13] It is the main supplier of water to > the city of Glasgow and can hold up to 548 million gallons of water > > Cheers > > Andrew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maisie Egger" <campsiehills@sbcglobal.net> > To: "Andrew McCletchie" <andrew.mccletchie@gmail.com>; < > lanark@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 4:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie_water_treatment_works > > > > Andrew, for all the time I lived in Glasgow the Glasgow Waterworks were > in > > > Milngavie (pronounced MilGUY from the Gaelic, no doubt. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie ) > > > > If you go to Google re Milngavie, it might help you with photos, etc. > > > > Of course, I could be leading you astray and maybe your forebear worked > in > > > a small local waterworks...but again, Milngavie was the main waterworks > > for Glasgow. > > > > I should add that Milngavie and Bearsden are rather 'nice' communities > and > > > we used to make fun of any hoity toity people by saying that they came > > from MilnGAVIE, instead of the common pronunciation MilGUY. > > > > Maisie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew McCletchie via > > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:06 AM > > To: Nivard Ovington ; lanark@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > > > Thanks Nivard, that transcription fits in great with other information. > > > > I cannot read the last two words of his occupation, but 'water works' it > > is > > ! > > > > Oh No ! That will set me off on another mission !....Where was the water > > works, or there any photos of it, are there any photos of staff ??? > > > > Thanks again > > > > Andrew > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nivard Ovington via" <lanark@rootsweb.com> > > To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 11:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > > > > >> Hi Andrew > >> > >> The findmypast transcript gives his occupation as sarveyer corporation > >> water works > >> > >> So most likely surveyor > >> > >> If you want to send a copy I will gladly take a look at it > >> > >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> > >> On 28/12/2015 21:12, Andrew McCletchie via wrote: > >>> Hello again all, > >>> > >>> I am having trouble reading GGG GF's profession in the 1861 Census. > >>> > >>> Does anyone want to have a go at reading it, and I will send the image > ? > >>> > >>> John McCletchie was at 209 New City Road, St Georges at the time, and > at > >>> his death 3 years later his occupation was given as Water Surveyor, so > >>> it > >>> has something to do with this and the Glasgow Corporation, I think. > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> Andrew > >> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> > >> WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > >> message. 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