Title
Plantation and Filter station on East bank of Thirlmere. , Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.
Caption
Plantation and Filter station on East bank of Thirlmere, Cumberland, 20th century. Thirlmere is a reservoir in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria and the English Lake District with a filter station and dam at the northern end. Constructed in the 19th century by the Manchester Corporation to provide the industrial city of Manchester with water supplies, the 96 mile-long Thirlmere Aqueduct still provides water to the Manchester area.
Date
1960
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon
Reference
HRM19B82_266
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
44,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 15,9in x 10,8in / 4764 x 3228 (300dpi)