Compensation water outlet from Catcleugh Reservoir
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Description
"The tunnel carries a date stone inscribed 1899. It comprises a 12 foot (3.8m) diameter brick-like structure 1,443 feet (440m) long. Flow is controlled by valves [[6116711]], two on the outlet and two on the scour pipe, embedded in a concrete plug, on top of which is built the tower and valve house [[6062501]] The arch and basin take water for the River Rede (at a minimum agreed rate of about 3 million gallons per day) from the base of the dam at Catcleugh Reservoir. It was built by T and C Hawksley in 1899 for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company. This is a Grade II Listed Building protected by law https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1156386" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2019. -
Owner
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6116694
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 4 hours, 38 minutes ago
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Picture Taken: 2019-04-10 -
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