Loch Thom
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Loch Thom is a reservoir which since 1827 has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. It is named after the civil engineer Robert Thom who designed the scheme which cr
Loch Thom, with Hillside Hill to the right.
View from Hillside Hill down to compensation reservoir and Cornalees, with Loch Thom itself further back.
Compensation reservoir and Cut Centre at Cornalees, in front of Hillside Hill.
Near the start of The Cut, grid reference NS242719, looking northwest towards Shielhill Farm and Dunrod Hill.
Gryffe Reservoirs
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The Gryffe Reservoirs, also spelled 'Gryfe', take their name from the River Gryffe, name deriving from the Gaelic garbh meaning "rough stream". are two reservoirs, known as Gryffe No. 1 and Gryffe No.
Loch Thom
…it. The water supply proved inadequate for growing domestic demand, and in 1872 another reservoir was created immediately to the east of Loch Thom at Gryffe Reservoir. Together with thirteen smaller reservoirs nearby they provide almost 650,000,000 cubic feet (18,000,000 m3) of water supply in total Loch Thom forms…
Gryfe Reservoir