Staines Reservoir Aqueduct from the "Old Cattle Bridge"
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Staines Reservoir Aqueduct from the "Old Cattle Bridge"
Image: © Sean Davis Taken: 24 Aug 2012
The aqueduct was built c1902 to feed the Staines Reservoirs which were constructed across the parish boundary in Stanwell a year earlier. It takes water from the River Thames at Hythe End, just above Bell Weir Lock. In later years it was used to feed the Hampton Water Works reservoirs at Kempton Park, plus the King George VI Reservoir built next to the Staines Reservoirs, between Staines and Stanwell and opened in 1947. The aqueduct continues to still feed all these reservoirs today. Overall it’s a wonderful piece of architecture passing over and under rivers, railways and roads.
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Image Location
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51.440508
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-0.518527