Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Water-Pump-house

Another moorland view, well above the hamlet of Carbrook. Here we also see an old pump-house and metallic structure. I once read that a large pipeline ran from another more local reservoir; Chew, to these just below me; Swineshaw. The idea was that the slightly higher Chew reservoir could keep these four reservoirs here topped up. Furthermore these here are all used for drinking whereas my local ones in Saddleworth are not. The tripod construction sits over a covered grid dropping deep to that pipe, so no doubt was used with a winch for transporting materials up and down the shaft. The pips shows Swineshaw reservoirs and Chew reservoir in Winter. Another best viewed full screen.