Bracebridge Heath Water Tower and Reservoir
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Bracebridge Heath Water Tower and Reservoir
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 5 Aug 2012
Water pumping station and reservoir located on Grantham Road. In 1904/5 a typhoid epidemic in Lincoln resulted in 131 deaths. Contaminated water supplies were blamed and it was necessary to improve the quality of the supply. A new source of supply at Elkesley (Notts - see http://www.retfordpeople.co.uk/Water-way-celebrate-history/story-12817308-detail/story.html ) was used and from 1911 to the present day water pumped from Elkesley goes into Westgate water tower (see Image ) with the surplus passed by gravitation to Bracebridge Heath Reservoir. It is a covered reservoir with a capacity of six million gallons which serves the low districts of Lincoln as well as Bracebridge Heath and RAF Waddington. It has recently had a booster station fitted and has been linked to Leaderham service reservoir.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.193081
Longitude
-0.537466