Overflow, Bottoms Reservoir
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Overflow, Bottoms Reservoir
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 29 Dec 2022
The country park's website explains that the reservoir was constructed in 1850 to supply water to factories in nearby Langley Village. The 1897 OS map tells a slightly different story as it is labelled as belonging to Macclesfield Corporation Water Works, suggesting that it was built mainly for public supply. There is a slightly unusual arrangement with this and the adjacent Bottoms Reservoir discharging their overflows into a combined, small reservoir or stilling basin.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.242115
Longitude
-2.082973