Reservoir (SE 1340 0924), Netherthong

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Details

  • also known as: Brownhill Reservoir[1]
  • location: Netherthong
  • status: no longer exists
  • category: reservoir

The first sod of the reservoir was cut by Joe Lancaster, chairman of Netherthong Local Board, on Friday 29 April 1892.[2] Built by G. W. Naylor of Denby to plans by Joshua Barrowclough of Holmfirth, it was completed and formally opened in December 1892 and had a reported capacity of 1,125,000 gallons.[3]

Location

Notes and References

  1. Not to be confused with the much larger Brownhill Reservoir constructed above Holmbridge in the 1920s by Batley Corporation.
  2. "Netherthong Waterworks" in Huddersfield Chronicle (30/Apr/1892).
  3. "Netherthong Waterworks" in Huddersfield Chronicle (02/Jan/1893).