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Fisher Tarn Reservoir, New Hutton
Fisher Tarn Reservoir
civil parish:-   New Hutton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   reservoir
locality type:-   tarn
locality type:-   dam
coordinates:-   SD55149284 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5592
10Km square:-   SD59


photograph
BLW71.jpg (taken 21.4.2006)  
photograph
BLW72.jpg  Built under powers of the Kendal Corporation Act 1894, engineer, George E Deacon, assisted by a bequest from Alderman William Bindloss, 1895.
(taken 21.4.2006)  

evidence:-   probably old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD59.jpg
outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DAM AND MACHINERY HOUSE AT FISHER TARN RESERVOIR / / / NEW HUTTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76690 / SD5503592742"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Dam and machinery house. Foundation stone on machinery house dated October 1896. Rough-dressed snecked stoni blocks. Dam c.30 ft high with walkway along top. Central overflow section battered with 3 semicircular sluice-gate openings at top between mock medieval turrets. Machinery house at base of overflow channel is square in plan with stop-chamfered corners, Diocletian windows, and pyramidal stone roof."


photograph
BLW73.jpg  Built under powers of the Kendal Corporation Act 1894, engineer, George E Deacon, assisted by a bequest from Alderman William Bindloss, 1895.
(taken 21.4.2006)  

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