Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
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Dame Bolles Water Tower
Heath
A privately funded/built water-tower, taking advantage of a natural spring
Water was piped from here to the (demolished) Heath Old Hall
Reached, via a section of path via the site of the (demolished) Wakefield Power Station & around the headland of a ploughed field
It has a BM, but there's so much undergrowth around it, that it'd be too awkward to get to
This 'cellar' contains the remains of a water-wheel
I didn't fancy trying to get down the moss-covered stone steps in my Sidi CX shoes
Plus the leaf-covered area was quite soft & boggy
The remnants of the machinery within
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...flow-channel-warmfield-cum-heath#.XgoLtHd2vIU
http://www.heathresidentsassociation.co.uk/history/lady-bolles-water-tower
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5832517
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/356322
#1
Dame Bolles Water Tower
Heath
A privately funded/built water-tower, taking advantage of a natural spring
Water was piped from here to the (demolished) Heath Old Hall
Reached, via a section of path via the site of the (demolished) Wakefield Power Station & around the headland of a ploughed field
It has a BM, but there's so much undergrowth around it, that it'd be too awkward to get to
This 'cellar' contains the remains of a water-wheel
I didn't fancy trying to get down the moss-covered stone steps in my Sidi CX shoes
Plus the leaf-covered area was quite soft & boggy
The remnants of the machinery within
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...flow-channel-warmfield-cum-heath#.XgoLtHd2vIU
http://www.heathresidentsassociation.co.uk/history/lady-bolles-water-tower
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5832517
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/356322