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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREAT RESERVOIR or LOCH THOM | Shaws Water Cos [Company's] Great Reservoir or Loch Thom Shaws Water Great Reservoir |
James Crawford Esqr Robert Salmon Esqr Mr Morrison. Manager |
002.13 | An extensive Reservoir about 2 miles South from the Town of Greenock, belonging to the "Shaws water Co [Company] and formed for the purpose of supplying Water power to drive the machinery of the various mills at that Town, on leaving this [Reservoir] enters a small one from which an aqueduct [leads] to Greenock. The people in the locality [all] universally, call it Loch Thom, from the [name of] the Engineer who laid it off |
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