Being a bit city as it is, Glasgow has unfortunately been the location of a number of major incidents and accidents that live long in the collective memory.
Perhaps not among them was an incident that occurred in the Gorbals in November of 1906, one which seems to have been given little space in the pages of Glasgow's history.
It concerned the 'Great Gorbals Whisky Flood' as it is known, when three washback vats at the Loch Katrine Distillery collapsed, leading to 150,000 gallons of hot whisky pouring into the yard of the distillery and a nearby Muirhead Street.
Equivalent to 567,000 litres of whisky, the sheer volume of whisky which flooded the vicinity proved deadly, with one person killed and ten people injured in the accident.
Historical records describe how the whisky flooded nearby homes and businesses, such as a bakehouse, with the deceased succumbing to injuries sustained while working in the distillery yard.
The original collapse affected one vat holding 50,000 gallons of whisky (which was waiting to be distilled) originally.
Which in turn broke open two further vats of a similar size (containing whisky in different stages of production) flooding the distillery and emptying into the street.
Estimates suggest that the amount of whisky lost as a result of the flood totalled around £9 million in today's money.
With such high losses, it comes as no surprise that the production of malt whisky ceased the following year in 1907, although grain distilling and cask maturation continued.
The distillery itself was founded in 1825, and formerly known as the Adelphi distillery before changing to become the Loch Katrine Adelphi distillery.
Located on the site of the present Glasgow Central Mosque near the River Clyde, it was at the time one of the biggest in Scotland, with an annual output of 500,000 gallons.
Use of the bonded warehouse ceased in 1968 and the final demolition happened three years later in 1971.
However, the name Adelphi lives on, having been revived in 1993 and now used on a range of rare 'Adelphi Selection' whiskies produced at Ardnamuchan Distillery.
