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| Straining Well, Thirlmere | ||
| Straining Well | ||
| site name:- | Thirlmere | |
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| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | water take off | |
| coordinates:- | NY32131494 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3214 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
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 BUP82.jpg (taken 27.5.2011)  BRM80.jpg (taken 23.9.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Harwood 1895 placename:- Straining Well |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Straining Well and Valve House Thirlmere, Cumberland,
by Meisenbach, published by Henry Blacklock and Co, Albert Square, Manchester, 1895. click to enlargeHRW314.jpg Tipped in opposite p.156 of the History and Description of the Thirlmere Water Scheme, by Sir John James Harwood. printed at bottom:- "STRAINING WELL AND VALVE HOUSE, THIRLMERE." printed at lower left:- "Meisenbach" item:- Armitt Library : A660.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Straining Well |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "STRAINING WELL AND VALVE HOUSE / / / ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG AND WYTHBURN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72186 / NY3213814948" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Straining well and valve house for Thirlmere Reservoir. 1885-1894 by G.H. Hill (engineer), for Manchester Corporation Waterworks Committee. Coursed slate nibble walls, with red sandstone dressings and battlemented parapets. Circular tower with lower double rectangular valve house structures, forming overall V-shape. Mock castle-like building with plain openings and slit vents." |
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