The middle reservoir at Redmires
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The middle reservoir at Redmires
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 6 Mar 2015
The three Redmires reservoirs are named Upper, Middle and Lower and date from 1836. They were built to provide clean drinking water via a water course to Barker's Pool in Sheffield's city centre - 5½ miles away - following the devastating Sheffield cholera epidemic of 1832.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.36752
Longitude
-1.60697