Entering the reservoir
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Entering the reservoir
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 23 Oct 2011
On most steaming days at Papplewick Pumping Station, guided tours of the disused reservoir No.1 are organised by volunteers. Originally there was a brick built recorder house over the entrance, similar to the one visible on the further reservoir, but this was demolished by Severn-Trent in the 1980s. The dress of some of the participants is due to the fact that this particular steaming weekend involved a special 1940s event.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.063975
Longitude
-1.14564