Water Conduit Head and pumphouse, Cannock centre
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Water Conduit Head and pumphouse, Cannock centre
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 8 Feb 2020
Dating from 1736, and erected as a pumphouse for a reliable piped water supply to the town centre, which up to that time had suffered shortages, particularly in the summertime. The main cost was met by public subscriptions, and the water supply in Leacroft was donated by a Dr Birch of Leacroft Hall, which lay in the area now occupied by Image and the Orbital Shopping Centre. It supplied its water until 1942 to a series of 6 handpumps, similar to the one just on the right, and was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101344626-conduit-head-cannock-chase-cannock-west-ward#.XkEM0DH7RPY & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1344626 in 1951.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.689564
Longitude
-2.031884