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Chelker Reservoir

📍 DraughtonNorth Yorkshire

Header reservoir for pumping catchment water from Wharfedale to Airedale. Built to supply Bradford. Originally site of UK's third ever windfarm

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Chelker Reservoir & Wind Farm. Chelker Reservoir, near Addingham, N.Yorkshire, was put into service in 1866 & serves the Bradford area. It has a surface area of 52.3 acres & is 215m above
Chelker Reservoir & Wind Farm. Chelker Reservoir, near Addingham, N.Yorkshire, was put into service in 1866 & serves the Bradford area. It has a surface area of 52.3 acres & is 215m above Photo: Lynne Kirton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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Header reservoir for pumping catchment water from Wharfedale to Airedale. Built to supply Bradford. Originally site of UK's third ever windfarm

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