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unusual facts about James Jardine


Yolla Bolly–Middle Eel Wilderness

The regulations for wilderness areas, known as the L-20, became – with modifications by Secretary of Agriculture James Jardine – the management policy for these areas.


Cobbinshaw Reservoir

Cobbinshaw Reservoir was built by James Jardine to feed the Union Canal (Scotland) via the Bog Burn, Murieston Water, and through Mid Calder to the Almondell Aqueduct and Lin's Mill Canal Feeder which feeds into the canal just east of the Almond Aqueduct.

Glencorse Reservoir

It is retained by an earth dam, and it was built between 1820 and 1824 by James Jardine to provide water for the mills of Auchendinny, Milton Bridge and Glencorse, and to supply drinking water to the citizens of Edinburgh.


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