Reservoirs Rivington



upper rivington reservoir winter hill , rivington pike


rivington dramatically changed construction of anglezarke, upper rivington, lower rivington , yarrow reservoirs built provide liverpool safe, clean water supply. 9 properties in valley demolished before construction work began. rivington pike scheme, still in use today, undertaken thomas hawksley between 1850 , 1857. scheme construct 5 reservoirs , water treatment works @ south end of lower rivington 17-mile (27 km) pipeline storage reservoirs @ prescot. water 2 higher level reservoirs, rake brook , lower roddlesworth, carried south in goit, man-made channel connecting them lower reservoirs. scheme expanded in 1856, include high bullough reservoir, built in 1850 j. f. bateman supply water chorley. scheme further expanded construction of upper roddlesworth reservoir in 1867–75 thomas duncan , joseph jackson. rivington watershed comprises 10,000 acres. yarrow reservoir, on work began in 1867, designed thomas duncan, liverpool borough engineer.


in 1900 liverpool corporation attempted acquire entire area safeguard water supply, , proposed demolishing entire village. act of parliament known liverpool corporation act 1902 protected buildings others left vulnerable. act allowed corporation acquire compulsory purchase properties in west of village, including black-a-moors head public house (known locally black lad ) , new hall, demolished between 1902 , 1905. result small settlement has remained largely unchanged since then.








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