Cuningar Loop

The Cuningar Loop is a meander on the River Clyde in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It lies within the area of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, directly east of Dalmarnock.

History[]

The first Glasgow Water Company's Act was obtained in 1806, and the company began to supply water early in 1809.^{[citation needed]} Before the Victorian Loch Katrine aqueduct project was completed in the 1850s, it supplied water to Glasgow. Cuningar Loop was the location of several reservoirs that raised water from the Clyde and pumped it to a secondary reservoir at Sydney Street, from where it was distributed throughout the city.^{[citation needed]} The Dalmarnock reservoirs were originally designed under the direction of Thomas Telford and James Watt.^{[citation needed]}

The derelict site has now been transformed into a country park, augmenting the 2014 Commonwealth Games village across the river.^[1][2] The site features boulders for rock climbing, riverside boardwalks, a BMX track, a playpark for children including a 'flying fox', public art installations^[3] and a common green area capable of hosting events.

In 2019, holes were dug in the park in preparation for a facility to access naturally heated water underground in disused coal mines to provide it to nearby homes.^[4]

New footbridge connecting the park to the Dalmarnock Legacy Village

Footbridge[]

A footbridge over the river connecting the west side of the new park to the Legacy Village area in Dalmarnock (and joining up with the Clyde Walkway and National Cycle Route 75 on the opposite bank) was completed in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• The Water Supply of Glasgow (chapter of 'Glimpses of old Glasgow', 1894)
• Cuningar Loop: a new woodland park in Rutherglen - video by Forestry Commission Scotland

Coordinates: 55°50′24″N 4°12′02″W / 55.84000°N 4.20056°W / 55.84000; -4.20056

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