The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 399
othsay. Greenock is situated at the bottom of a sloping hill or ridge,the top of which is upwards of 500 ft. above the level of theClyde. To the top of this ridge Mr. Thorn has conducted,along the summits of other ridges, from a distance of six miles,a copious supply of water, not only for all the… … Greenock ; and each ofthese reservoirs is capa-ble of containing a sup-ply for the consumptionof the inhabitants, formore than six months ; so that not only thesurplus waters of onewet season may be re-tained for supplying thedry season of the sameyear, but the surplus ofseveral wet years maybe…
