Abbeystead Reservoir from Catshaw Wood

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287064

Reference identifier

DDX-2744-ACC13102-37-009

Title

Abbeystead Reservoir from Catshaw Wood

Place

Abbeystead

General notes

The reservoir at Abbeystead was built as a compensation reservoir, to provide a steady and sufficient amount of water passing down the river. Various mills relied on the water as a source of power so an even flow, unaffected by extraction of water for domestic use in Lancaster, was important and water could be pumped from the River Lune into this reservoir. Although the reservoir still exists, it is no longer as large and acts as a weir, with much of the reservoir silted up and covered with trees.

Medium

Negative

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

800mm x 600mm

Year of image

1933

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