Description
At first glance it looks as though it may be a road or even a field but you are looking at the overflow from the Wayoh reservoir pictured in 1957. Water ran down the man-made 'escape route' and fed into Bradshaw Brook. The chimneys you can see belonged to the Black Ropck works at Turton Bottoms. Originally the site of a corn mill, it later became a spinning mill before housing a bleaching and dye
Upload Date: 08 May 2024
Original Filename: 503340260-newport.jpg
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Keywords: BNE_09/05/2024_25_Lead Wayoh overflow, 1957
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