Chelburn Reservoirs (Upper and Lower), Littleborough near Rochdale, Greater Manchester (one of the seven former Rochdale Canal Company reservoirs, and part of the Warland Reservoir Group). Client: North West Water Authority, Pennine Division. Correspondence, plans, test data, calculations, notes, minutes of meetings, reports on geology and mining position, draft report on Upper (North, built 1840) and Lower Chelburn (South, built about 1800) Reservoirs (G.H. Hill and Sons), and site investigation reports (Geo-Research Ltd) for both reservoirs; bore-hole logs, graphs including vee-notch recordings, and photographs of bore-hole samples, relating to site investigation and alternative measures necessary to ensure earthworks safety. Includes a small amount of joint and related documentation for the reservoirs of Chelburn, Brushes, Snoddleshill (including copy plan, 1878), Hollingworth Lake, Ramsden Clough, and Warland.
Chelburn Reservoirs (Upper and Lower), Greater Manchester
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- ReferenceGB 133 PWR/4/2/1/27
- Dates of Creation1979-1982
- Physical Description27 folders.