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The McClean Hydrometric Data Collection
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The McClean Hydrometric Data Collection

  • MS 121
  • Collection
  • 1909-1965
Daily rainfall postcards, and weekly charts of water levels at selected sites in Scotland and Cumbria including loch levels and river gauging stations. The places recorded include: River Garry, Ness, Foyers, Dochfour Ferry (Ness), Arkaig, Moriston, Gairlochy, Loch Oich, Ness - Fort Augustus, Glen Quoich Lodge, Spey, Aberlour, Spey-Laggan Bridge, Loch Arkaig, Ness Castle Farm, Loch Garry, Spey-Lochaber, Windermere Records, Loch-Gairlochy, Loch Garth, River Oich, River Foyers, River Dee. Also includes Norman Lockyer Observatory Council's Reports, Directors Reports, photograph albums, plans.

Captain William Newsam McClean

Box 1 River Garry Postcard Books. 1931-1938

Weekly records of rainfall/water levels No. 82: Jan1931-March 1932 Weekly records of: River Garry - gauge post A2 River Garry - gauge post A4 River Garry - gauge post A5 Glen Quoich lodge - gauge post Glen Quoich lodge - rainfall Loch Oich lodge - gauge post Loch Oich lodge - rainfall Bridge of Oich - gauge post Wind notes and sluice openings 25/1/1931 - 12/3/1932 No. 83: March 1932-April 1933 13/3/1932 - 1/4/1933 Postcard records for: Garry A2, A4, A5 Glen Quoich lodge, Loch Oich and Bridge of Oich No. 84: April 1933-Sept 1934 2/4/1933 - 1/9/34 Postcard records for: Garry A2, A4, Loch Oich and Glen Quoich lodge and for the River Garry (Iron Bridge) for an unknown period. No. 85: Sept 1934-March 1936 2/9/1934 - 7/1/1936 Postcard records for: Garry A2 and A4 2/9/1934 - 6/6/1936 Postcard records for: Loch Oich and Glen Quoich Lodge 30/9/1934 - 23/5/1936 Postcard records for: River Garry (Iron Bridge) No. 86: Jan 1936-Oct 1937 7/6/1936 - 9/9/1937 Postcard records for: Garry A2, A4, Iron Bridge, Loch Oich, Glen Quoich Lodge. No. 87: Sept 1937-Sept 1938 26/9/1937 - 3/9/1938 Postcard records for: Garry A2,A4, Iron Bridge and Glen Quoich Lodge. 10/10/1937 - 3/9/1938 Postcard records for: Loch Oich.

Box 17 Windermere Records

Windermere Records: 1,3,4,5,6 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside 11 Folders - 3 Hourly Tables 1938-1939; Monthly Charts; Windermere Basin Repair Report; General Reports Sept 1948; Stage Flow and gauging 1947; Papers from early work 1938-1939; water power reports; Biological meeting 1950; Office copies of Basin; stage-discharge table; Lake side water levels 9 Published Books - 5 copies of Mclean's Windermere Basin: Rainfall, Run-Off, and Storage; Freshwater Biological Association 18th Annual report; Conference on Water Resources in the North-West; North Lancashire Rivers Hydrological survey; Report on Future Water Resources with Supplement 7 Bundles - Inland Water surveys; Newspapers clippings; Water Level Report 1939-1940; Newly bridge; Fresh water Biological Association meteorological data; Windermere urban District Council Records; Loose paper Others - 3 Envelopes of Water power July 1948; Large chart; tracing for 1947 water levels in a tube

Box 18 Rainflow in Scotland

21,28,29 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside 19 Folders and loose paper works Folders: 7 folders with office copy, drafts and final draft of Rain flow In Scotland; 1 folder contains paper work for Inverness shire rain flow and flow off;2 folders contains July 1930 current meter Gauging and paper work for River Arkaig area; 1 folder of comparison between rain fall and flow off; 8 folders rainfall tables of River Garry Labelled T12 to T40, 1 folder is names 42 and the other has no name, period of 1913 - 1915. Loose paper work: notes, letters and draft paper work for River Garry, River Arkaig and Loch Gairlochy.

Box 19 Loch-Gairlochy, Gelendossory, Mucomir Cut River, Other

30,31,32,33,34 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside Loch-Gairlochy Oct 1929 - Sept 1944: River Lochy: Official River Flow Record 'Fifteen Years Record of Water Level, Flow, and Rain flow; 13 envelopes of pages from Fifteen Years Record; 2 large envelopes and 2 large folders containing material of charts and tables for Fifteen Years Record. Gelendossory 1931 - 1938: 1 folder contains rain fall charts Mucomir Cut River: 9 folders: Velocity Diagrams and Cusecs Diagrams 1936;data to be sent to Capt. W. N. McClean; Miscellaneous; Water Levels during C.M. Gauging; Sept - Dec 1936 Current meter gauging cusecs sheets; Well Gauge section no.4 field sheets and Velocities; river flow charts Other: couple of loose correlation of water level charts Jan 1942- Oct 1943; 1 small envelope contains 11 empty postcards; 1 postcard book 1938 - 1940

Box 2 Ness Postcard Books and Foyers Postcard Books

Ness Postcard Books No. 181: July 1936-Sept 1938 Ness: 5/7/36 - 3/9/38 Ness Castle Farm Fort Augustus Abbey Dochfour Ferry Inverness No. 182: Aug 1934-July 1936 Ness 12/8/34 - 4/7/36 Ness Castle Farm Fort Augustus Abbey Dochfour Ferry Inverness No. 183: Sept 1932-Aug 1934 Ness 11/9/32 - 11/8/34 Ness Castle Farm Fort Augustus Abbey Dochfour Ferry Inverness No. 184: Jan 1931-Sept 1932 Ness 25/1/31 - 10/9/52 Ness Castle Farm Fort Augustus Abbey Dochfour Ferry Inverness Foyers Postcard Books No. 39: Jan 1931-Dec 1937 Foyers 1931-7 Corimony 25/1/31 - 25/12/37 Glen Dessary 25/1/31 - 14/11/31 Dochfour Ferry (Ness) 8 envelopes 2 bundles 1940-1945 -1945-1948 i) 5/1/41 - 3/1/42 and 8/9/40 - 4/1/42 ii) 4/1/42 - 2/1/43 iii) 3/1/43 - 1/1/44 iv) 2/1/44 - 6/1/45 v) 7/1/45 - 5/1/46 vi) 6/1/46 - 4/1/47 vii) 5/1/47 - 3/1/48 viii) 4/1/48 - 3/7/48 1 folder/book of postcards 4/9/36 - 7/9/40

Box 20 Loch Garth, Mucmir Cut, Rover Foyers

43,44,45,46,47 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside Loch Garth: Loose paper work of diagrams and charts; 1folder of water levels Nov 1935 - March 1936; a bundle of level flow charts 1936; 1 booklet of current meter gauging Nov 1935 - March 1936: 2 booklets of 1935 - 1936 Cusecs sheets and Cantilever comparisons; 2 folders contain general data and water levels & sluice openings1931 - 1934; 1 bundle of charts Jan 1932. Mucmir Cut:1 Current meter gaugings booklet Sept - Dec 1936; 1 folder contains slope gauges 1936; 1 folder contains field notes; one loose ran fall and run off chart. River Foyers: 1 folder contains weekly water level sheets received from The British Aluminium Co.; 1 folder contains river flow records 1936 - 1937; 1 folder of weir level 1943; 1 map; 1 folder contains rain fall survey; 15 bundles of water flow records, Jan 1938 - 1952; 1 scatter gram chart; loose river flow paper work; 2 folders contains office copy of inland water surveys 1937- 1938; 3 folders contains water levels; 4 folders contains monthly rainfalls 1935 - 1941. No.47: 1 large folder, River Foyers Current Meter Gaugings.Cusecs Diagrams 1935-36. Velocity Diagrams 1935-36. Tests: cantilever versus wire suspension. Separate from the box.

Box 21 River Garry, Loch Quoich, Glenquoich Lodge, Others

77,78,79,80,88 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside River Garry: 17 bundles of Inland Water Surveys 1936 - 1944. 27 large folders contain reports and postcards on the River Garry; 1929 River Flow Records Ness Basin: 4 published copies, 6 paper works which are drafts and have been proofed; 1930 River Flow Records Ness Basin: 4 copies and loose paper works which are draft and proof read; 3 drafts for 1931 River Flow Records Ness Basin; 2 papers and a bundle of handwritten charts of rain-flow; 3 papers with hand written notes with clippings from publications; 1 large Lowest Run-Off graph;1 large envelope of 15Years Record; 6 small envelope contains postcards from 1940 - 1945; 1 red journal of sluice openings 1930. Loch Quoich: 2 large envelopes contains water resources 1936 and River-flows; 4 bundles contains typed script of papers, summary tables, total outflow, time of drop and regional run-off; 2 published books The Water Resources of Loch Quoich 1943; 1 published report of River Flow records of The Ness Basin; 1 small paper introducing the published books; 2 drafts with written comments of The Water Resources; inland water surveys and water flow records 1943. Quoich Dam: 1 Folder contains flood discharges paper work Nov 1951 - March 1952. Glenquoich Lodge: Loose papers: 3 copies of The 72 Years Rainfall Record at Glenquoich Lodge with 2 typed draft report by McClean and Graph; handwritten papers titled Rain Ganges; Graph of Rainfall Record; bundle of paper work for dry period. Others: 1Folder contains instructions; loose paper with list of published papers and records; 1 Envelope contains 1937 paper of Institution of Water Engineers; Rainfall and Flow-off, River Garry, Inverness-shire published book; An Analysis of Scottish Rainfall Records published books; loose paper work with written calculations and comments; Annual Average Rainfall at Loch Oich Pier Sept 1929 - Dec 1930; 1 red journal for winds notes in Loch Oich 1929 - 1930;15 Years records for Moriston 1940 - 1944.

Box 22 River Garry, River Oich

68,69,71 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside River Garry, Loch: River Oich: 2 large graphs, 1935; 1931 graphs; a small bundle of loose paper work; 1 folder of current meter gauging 1929 - 1930; 1 folder of draft report Jul - Sept 1929.

Box 23 River Dee Dail Flows, Others

92,93,94 - Number appear on box but do not match with content inside River Dee Daily Flows 7 folders: Comparative water levels and slopes 1938; daily water levels Oct 1932 - Jan 1934; fifteen years records; river slopes; Cairnton Gauge; 3 hourly levels Jan 1936 - Sept 1949; Wooden Gauge Sept 1934 - Dec 1935. Others: 9 envelopes of Fifteen Years Records pages copies; 3 River Flow Records Oct 1939 - Sept 1949, 2 published and 1 copy for proof read; 1 bundle of Fifteen Years Record draft; bundle of loose hand writer paper called River flow records for Capt. W.L.M McClean; one small bundle of small notes and a chart; a bundle of River Flow Records graph cards wrapped in a large dark yellow paper.

Box 24 River Dee

133,134,135,136,137,138,139,141,143 River Dee:27 large folders and 1 small folder contains water flow from 1934 - 1938. 4 binders: Field Sheets Aug - Nov 193; Field sheets tests Sept - Nov 1934; Field sheets sinker gear Aug - Dec 1934; Field sheets 1937 - 1938. Publications: A Note on the Work of River Flow Record 1936; Fifteen Years Record of Woodend and Cairnton Oct 1929 - Sept 1944; Hydrological Conditions in The Chalk at Compton, West Sussex with handwritten letter; Aberdeen Meeting Programme and Daily Time-Table 1934; Telford Centenary Exhibtiton 1934; A Scientific Survey of Aberdeen and District 1934; Aberdeen Meeting 1934 Plan of Aberdeen; Aberdeen Meeting 1934 Map of The Region; The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Journal No. IV. Vol XV July 1934; Memorandum No. 2 on the River Dee Feb 1935; River Flow Records Memorandum 1935. 3 postcards and a copy of a small photograph of a river. 1 letter address to McClean from G.E Dunstone regarding employment. Typed Written contribution to the discussion by McClean. 3 Typed letter Glassel, Aberdeenshire and 2 typed letters to W.J.M. Menzies and Mr Wood 1932. 2 bundles of stages discharge tables drafts. Loose paper of handwritten notes and charts and inland water surveys. Bundles of small and large charts wheels with attached typed letters. Typed manuscripts of British Association Aberdeen Meeting 1934 Flow of the River Dee wrapped in brown paper

River Flow Records

162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171 River Flow Records Garry: 4 Looses papers with water level measurement, 1 published River Flow records : Fifteen Years Record of Water Level and Flow. Ness: 21 Floders.4 Bindings with claculations. Bundles of loose papers with water level measurements and graphs. large envelope with daily gaugings and cusecs diagrams 1930.2 published River Flow Records : Fifteen Years record of Water Level , flow and rainfall.6 postcards with details on Ness contents. Moriston: Two published works. Fifteen Years Record of Water level and Flow; and For the Water-Years Ending Respectively on September 30th of 1938 - 1940. Two single pieces of paper with water levels measurement, 1931 and 1936. Loch: Dee: 5 published River Flow Records: Daily Water Level and Flow, 2 copies of 1946 and one copy of 1939; Fifteen Years Record of Water Level, Flow and Rainfall, 1936(2 copies). 1 folder of office copies of water levels charts. Others: 4 loose papers with charts and water level measurements.9 copies of 1931 Velocities charts.

Box 26 River Ness

172,173,174,175 River Ness: 40 small envelopes which contains single copies of pages from Fifteen years record.22 folders : 2 for Meteorological Office1937-1946;1 folder for Inverness Lochshie and L. Dunseolcheig monthly rainfalls; 4 folders for rainfall levels 1936 - 1946; 1 folder with McClean's Records of Correspondences; 14 folders for calculations, measurements, surveys and other documents for the Ness area. Loose papers with calculations, graphs and measurements. 1 envelope with daily gauging and cusecs diagrams for Jan - Feb 1931. 1 binding of current meters gauging for Jan - Feb 1931.

Box 27 Ness area

176 missing 177,178,179,180,185 Ness area\; 8 Folders: 1 folder is postcards for Loch Oich; 1 folder has postcards for Corrimony; 1 folder has postcards for Dochfour; 5 folders has postcard for Ness area. 15 Envelopes containing postcards from 1940 - 1951. 1 large bundle of water readings for Dochfour Ferry 1946 -1947. loose papers of river flow records and Doch Garroch measurements.

Box 28 Ness-Dochfour Records

Ness-Dochfour records - was numbered 186 and 187. 3 bundles of recording charts from 1939 - 1948. 8 envelopes for the river flow records. One single piece of paper explaining a connection between Dochfour gauge post and recording charts. Few loose papers stating the time of recording charts.

Box 29 General Records

General records - was numbered 194, 195, 196, 198, 199. Contents of this box are correspondents between McClean and organisations such as International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, and Inland Water Survey committee. Published works and drafts. Loose papers: calculations, graphs, surveys and measurement between 1935 and 1950.

Box 3 Arkaig Postcard Books and Period Postcard Books

Arkaig Postcard Books No. 22: Jan 1931-Oct 1933 Arkaig River Arkaig 25/1/31 - 21/10/33 Loch Arkaig 25/1/31 - 21/10/53 Glen Dessary 15/11/31 - 21/10/33 No. 23: May 1936-Sept 1938 Arkaig River Arkaig 31/5/36 - 3/9/38 Loch Arkaig 31/5/36 - 3/9/38 Glen Dessary 31/5/36 - 3/9/38 Gairlochy raingauge 2/1/38 - 3/9/38 No. 24: Oct 1933-May 1936 Arkaig River Arkaig 22/10/33 - 30/5/36 Loch Arkaig 22/10/33 - 30/5/36 Glen Dessary 22/10/33 - 30/5/36 Period Postcard Books No. 121: July 1929-March 1930 Postcards during the period 4/6/29 - 26/3/30 Glen Quoich Invermoriston River Garry Levishie Loch Oich Bridge of Oich Fort Augustus Inverness Dochfour Cluanie Inn No. 122: March-Aug 1931 Postcards during the period 27/3/30 - 31/8/30 Glen Quoich Dochfour River Garry Ness Castle Loch Oich Inverness Fort Augustus Abbey River Arkaig Clunie Inn Loch Arkaig Levishie Water Level Foyers Invermoriston Glen Dessary No. 115: Aug 1930-Jan 1931 Postcards during the period 31/8/30 - 24/1/31 Glen Quoich Invernoriston River Garry Dochfour Ferry River Garry (A4) Ness Castle Farm Loch Oich Inverness Bridge of Oich River Arkaig Fort Augustus Loch Arkaig Cluanie Inn River Foyers (up to 8/11/30 only) Levishie (S1) Glen Dessary
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