Blackhouse Reservoir, Soyland (Ripponden)
Introduction
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Blackhouse Reservoir, Soyland (Ripponden)
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 5 Jun 2008
It still has a Yorkshire Water sign at the eastern end, but looks rather disused. Black House is the farm behind the camera. The reservoir became redundant in the early 1990s after the completion of the Ryburn supply scheme. See Image for an image of the reservoir before it was abandoned.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.670174
Longitude
-1.980286