Tyne and Wear HER(4086): Newcastle, Town Moor, Reservoirs - Details
4086
Newcastle
Newcastle, Town Moor, Reservoirs
Newcastle
NZ26NW
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Storage Site
Reservoir
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
These four Reservoirs on the Town Moor formed part of the 18th and 19th century water supply system for Newcastle. By the 1870s they had become disused and later formed part of the boating lake in Exhibition Park.
2462
6576
NZ24626576
<< HER 4086 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.68