The old water works
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The old water works by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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The old water works
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 18 Aug 2014
This fine structure has undergone a recent redevelopment and is now a suite of flats for residential use. Of course, it was originally the water works: founded in 1882 (the building is probably a little older), the company attempted to bring reliable, clean water to the town. However, the sewage system (such as it was in those days) was somewhat at odds to the supply of water and there were many incidents of contamination. The task of suppling the town demanded that new works were built at nearby Baunton in the 1930s and the old works went through a number of changes of use before today.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.714116
Longitude
-1.966373