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Polefield Road, MANCHESTER, M25 2QW

Looking north west.

Showing position of Postbox No. M25 571. See Image] for postbox.

Postbox No. M25 571. See Image] for context.

The aqueduct from Haweswater, in the Lake District, to Manchester terminates here at Heaton Park Reservoir. The aqueduct is 82 miles long, was finished in 1955 and carries up to 100 million gallons per day under gravity induced flow. The bas relief on the wall of this building depicts the pipeline. The plaques below the relief detail significant facts concerning its planning and construction. The Haweswater dam is here Image

The pumping station on the Heywood Road side of Heaton Park Reservoir is a small, square building constructed in 1954-5 using Yorkshire sandstone. It is notable for the large relief, by sculptress Mitzi Cunliffe which depicts the bringing of water from Haweswater to Manchester. The mural uses Westmorland greenstone from Broughton Moor; beneath it are five plaques telling the history of the Haweswater supply. In 1998, the pumping station was designated as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-469118-heaton-park-reservoir-pumping-station-bu British Listed Buildings. See Image] for a closer view of the mural.

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.

A large relief in Lake District slate by Mitzi Cunliffe. It depicts water travelling from Haweswater (left) and three men pouring lead to seal a joint so that water can continue its journey to Manchester on the right. Wider view: Image

The large relief on the wall of the Heaton Park Reservoir Pumping Station. The mural was commissioned for the Manchester Corporation Waterworks; it is dated MCMLV (1955- contemporary with the construction of the pumping station) and signed by sculptress Mitzi Cunliffe. The relief, which takes the full width of the wall, is a highly stylised depiction of the bringing of water from Haweswater to Manchester with contemporary figures supporting the pipeline. The bringing of water to Manchester from a new reservoir at Haweswater was a major undertaking and the mural was designed to commemorate those who constructed it as well as the origin and course of the aqueduct. The relief uses Westmorland greenstone from Broughton Moor. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-469118-heaton-park-reservoir-pumping-station-bu British Listed Buildings.