[Letter from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay. …]

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

Reference
- GB 247 MS Gen 1675/3/1
Dates of Creation
- 1852
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 folded sheet

Scope and Content

Letter from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay. 59 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 5th October 1852.
Regarding scheme to bring water to Glasgow from tributaries of Clyde near Abington. Report enclosed [MS Gen 1675/3/2] for Town Council meeting on Thursday.

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Personal Names

Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872

Gourlay, James, 1804-1871

Geographical Names

Glasgow, Scotland

Archive Record|Table of contents

Papers of James Gourlay, 1804-1871, accountantMS Gen 1675

[An act for consolidating in one act certain provis…]MS Gen 1675/1

Glasgow water supplyMS Gen 1675/2

[Letter from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay. …]MS Gen 1675/3/1

Report on the practicality of supplying Glasgow North of the Clyde with water from the upper part of the valley of the ClydeMS Gen 1675/3/2

[Envelope from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay…]MS Gen 1675/3/3

[Additional notes on the influence of purity of wat…]MS Gen 1675/3/4

[Extract from records of Town Council of Glasgow, 1…]MS Gen 1675/4

Comparison of the advantages of Loch Lubnaig & Loch KatrineMS Gen 1675/5

Glasgow Water Company's BillMS Gen 1675/6

Gorbals Gravitation Water Company's BillMS Gen 1675/7

Annual report of the Directors of the Glasgow Water-WorksMS Gen 1675/8

Loch Katrine Water WorksMS Gen 1675/9

[Memorandum regarding Corporation shares in Glasgow…]MS Gen 1675/10

[Letter from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay. …]MS Gen 1675/11

[Letter from J.F. Bateman to Baillie James Gourla…]MS Gen 1675/12

[Letter from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay. …]MS Gen 1675/13

Paisley Water WorksMS Gen 1675/14

Glasgow Loch Katrine water schemeMS Gen 1675/15

[Letter from Alex Ramsay to James Gourlay. Water Co…]MS Gen 1675/16

[Draft of letter from James Gourlay to Alex Ramsay.…]MS Gen 1675/17

[Letter from John H. Wilson() to James Gourlay. We…]MS Gen 1675/18

[Letter from James Dunlop to Bailie James Gourlay…]MS Gen 1675/19

[Letter from John Burt to James Gourlay. 143 Great …]MS Gen 1675/20

[Letter from David Smith to James Gourlay. 173 Tron…]MS Gen 1675/21

[Letter from W.S. Lindsay to James Gourlay. Shepper…]MS Gen 1675/22

[Letter from John McAndrew to James Gourlay. St Rol…]MS Gen 1675/23

[Letter from James Valentine to James Gourlay. Poli…]MS Gen 1675/24

[Letter from Adam Paterson to James Gourlay. Glasg…]MS Gen 1675/25

[Letter from John McAndrew to James Gourlay. St Rol…]MS Gen 1675/26

[Letter from Robert Westlands to James Gourlay. Wes…]MS Gen 1675/27

[Letter from J. Wyllie Guild to James Gourlay. Gla…]MS Gen 1675/28

[Letter from J.G. Fleming to James Gourlay. 155 Bat…]MS Gen 1675/29

[Letter from Peter Hamilton to James Gourlay. 22 So…]MS Gen 1675/30

[Letter from W. Macquorn Rankine to James Gourlay. …]MS Gen 1675/31

[Letter from Alexander Collie to James Gourlay. Mur…]MS Gen 1675/32

[Letter from T.W. Murray to James Gourlay. 24 Canni…]MS Gen 1675/33

[Letter from Isabella Kay to her uncle James Gourl…]MS Gen 1675/34

[Letter from John Kidston to James Gourlay. 50 W. R…]MS Gen 1675/35

[Letter from A.H. McLellan to James Gourlay. Oaklei…]MS Gen 1675/36

[Letter from Robert Watt to James Gourlay. Omoa Iro…]MS Gen 1675/37

[Kelvingrove: the West End Park, April 15, 1853. To…]MS Gen 1675/38

[The West End Park. April 18, 1853. By James Gourl…]MS Gen 1675/39

[The West End Park. April 22, 1853. Town Council di…]MS Gen 1675/40

[The West End Park. Friday, May 13, 1853. Town Coun…]MS Gen 1675/41

[The West End Park. Friday, June 3, 1853. Town Coun…]MS Gen 1675/42

[The West End Park. Friday, July 1, 1853. Town Coun…]MS Gen 1675/43

[The West End Park. Friday, July 15, 1853. Town Cou…]MS Gen 1675/44

[The West End Park. Friday, July 22, 1853. Town Cou…]MS Gen 1675/45

[The West End Park. Friday, August 5, 1853. Town Co…]MS Gen 1675/46

[Town Council discussions as to the purchase of Kel…]MS Gen 1675/47

[Envelope addressed to James Gourlay, Esq., 25 Carl…]MS Gen 1675/48

[Envelope addressed to Mrs Gourlay, Mount Pleasant,…]MS Gen 1675/49

[Part of envelope originally addressed to Bank of S…]MS Gen 1675/50

[2 lists of old firms in Glasgow in country trade. …]MS Gen 1675/51

[George Outram and David Edmund Outram. After 1910…]MS Gen 1675/52

[Draft of letter from James Gourlay to Editor of Gl…]MS Gen 1675/53