Ticknall water tap, Chapel Lane
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Ticknall water tap, Chapel Lane
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 15 Sep 2020
One of 21 public water taps installed in the village in 1914. Water pumped up from a well by wind power was stored in a reservoir and fed the 'self-closing fountains' by gravity. Except for houses with their own private wells or springs, this was the only water source for the village until 1962. This particular tap remained the only water supply for the Methodist Chapel behind until the 1914 reservoir was abandoned in 1992. Sixteen of the water taps survive, but this is the only one that still works.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.812837
Longitude
-1.475938