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The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam. When constructed in 1832 the Entwistle Dam was the highest in Britain; it rises 108 feet from the base. [1] The reservoir contains almost 750 thousand imperial gallons (roughly 3,400,000 litres) and, with the Wayoh Reservoir just below, satisfies around 50% of Bolton's need for drinking ...
Wayoh Reservoir is a water reservoir in the town of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. It was completed on 28 April 1876 to supply water to Bolton . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Wayoh, together with the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir , make up 50% of Bolton's drinking water.
The Wayoh reservoir, viewed from the Edgworth side with the Entwistle viaduct in the background. The West Pennine Moors is an area of the Pennines covering approximately 90 square miles (230 km 2) of moorland and reservoirs in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. [1] It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [2]
Edgworth is renowned to walkers as it is very picturesque. Two large reservoirs, the Wayoh Reservoir, and the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, are located north-east of the village, and the Jumbles Reservoir is near Turton Bottoms. They supply water to the Bolton area. [9] [10]
Boddington Reservoir, Oxford canal supply reservoir, Upper Boddington [1] Cransley Reservoir (Kettering) Daventry Reservoir in Daventry Country Park; Drayton Reservoir (Daventry) Hollowell reservoir Hollowell; Naseby Reservoir, Grand Union Canal supply, Naseby [2] Pitsford Water; Ravensthorpe Reservoir; Stanford Reservoir, between Stanford-on ...
The Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water resource near the Pacific Palisades, was under renovation and empty when fires tore through the Los Angeles neighborhood last week and ...
Bradshaw Brook is a river draining parts of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in Northern England.. Starting life as Cadshaw Brook draining a valley named Green Lowe Clough on Turton Moor, the brook feeds the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir and Wayoh Reservoir (the latter also fed by Blackstone Brook and Whittlestone Head Brook).
The reservoir is one of several operated by DWP across the city, which have a combined capacity of more than 4.1 billion gallons of water. Including aqueduct reservoirs, the city can store more ...