Terminal Building, Heywood Road, Manchester
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Terminal Building, Heywood Road, Manchester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 May 2016
Housing the mechanisms which control the influx of water from Haweswater to the reservoir in Heaton Park, a distance of around 80 miles. Built in 1955 by the City Engineers under Alan Atkinson and the City Architects under L.C. Howitt. "As the visible sign of a largely invisible but mighty undertaking, it has been given a monumental character." The wall has a large relief by Mitzi Cunliffe in Lake District slate (Image]) and five smaller panels depicting various aspects of this mighty undertaking. Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.54188
Longitude
-2.269017