Talk:Silvermills

Further explanation needed on direction of water flow of the mill lade at Silvermills.
The introductory paragraph in the article makes the claim that the supply of water in the mill lade flowed East, from Stockbridge, through Silvermills, then further East to Canonmills Loch. This appears to conflict with details shown on Kikwood's maps of the environs of Edinburgh - (circa 1819) and also with the 1845 Ordnance survey. ( See National Library of Scotland Maps). The maps show quite clearly that one section of the North mill lade followed the line of what is now East Silvermills Lane. This lane slopes downwards into the lowest part of Silvermills and that would appear to indicate that the waterflow originated from Canonmills loch and flowed downhill to Silvermills. Clearly, it could not have been the case that the water in the mill lade flowed uphill at East Silvermills lane. Norloch (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2011 (UTC)