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Silsden Reservoir

📍 SilsdenWest Yorkshire

Orginally built as a compensation reservoir to replenish the River Aire and the mill owners using it for water extrcted from it

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Silsden Reservoir. At SE047477, seen from Bolton Road (A6034). This was a Bradford CWW reservoir, according to a 1" map of 1935. There appear to be a few houses at the left of the photo, and further l
Silsden Reservoir. At SE047477, seen from Bolton Road (A6034). This was a Bradford CWW reservoir, according to a 1" map of 1935. There appear to be a few houses at the left of the photo, and further lPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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Orginally built as a compensation reservoir to replenish the River Aire and the mill owners using it for water extrcted from it

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