Warley Moor Reservoir
Completed in 1872, the reservoir was built by the engineer John Frederick La Trobe Bateman. The first sod was cut on 20 May 1864, by the then Mayor of Halifax, William Holdsworth, who used a silver spade with the inscription:
Halifax Corporation – The first sod of the Warley Moor Reservoir was turned with this spade, on Friday, the 20th May, 1864, by William Irving Holdsworth, Esq., Mayor of Halifax; J. F. Bateman, Engineer; John Parkinson and Joseph Mann, contractors; J. E. Norris, Town Clerk
The reservoir covers 68 acres (28 ha), is 45 feet (14 m) deep when full and holds up to 193,000,000 imperial gallons (880,000,000 L). It was notably described in Whiteley Turner's 1913 book A Spring-Time Saunter: Round and About Bronte Land.
The reservoir is used by Halifax Sailing Club. It is also famous for being the reservoir Tommy Lee Royce cycled to in Series 3 of the BBC show Happy Valley.
References
- ^ "Text of Byelaws made and approved by Board of Yorkshire Water" (PDF). Yorkshire Water. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ Bull, Malcolm. "Calderdale Companion: Warley Moor Reservoir". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Luddenden". Countryfile. 21 April 2013. BBC. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
External links
- 4020873 Warley Moor Reservoir on OpenStreetMap
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