Survey Data
Reg No
11220014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Dam/reservoir/basin
In Use As
Dam/reservoir/basin
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
309004, 222796
Date Recorded
13/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
This reservoir is the lower of two reservoirs serving the Ballyboden water treatment works, built c.1880. Turf covered stone dam, stone lined reservoir, spillway with double-arched coursed rubble stone bridge over, and stone valve building approached via steel lattice bridge.
Appraisal
An impressive collection of structures with a unified design quality, representing the age of great Victorian engineering schemes and still in use today. Designed by Richard Hassard in 1880.