Swineshaw Reservoir - Derbyshire Claimed
Swineshaw Reservoir, Glossop
URPoint Details
Swineshaw Reservoir is near Glossop. In 1837, 50 local mill owners and gentlemen, known as the "Glossop Commissioners", obtained an Act of Parliament to construct the Glossop Reservoirs.
Hurst Reservoir was on the Hurst Brook and Mossy Lea Reservoir was to take water from the Shelf Brook. Only the Hurst reservoir was constructed before the money ran out.
Swineshaw, Hurst Reservoir and Mossy Lea Reservoir are no longer in service
- Type:
- Landmark
Map Location
Swineshaw Reservoir, Glossop