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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

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