Clayton-le-Woods, chorley, Lancashire, UK, 22nd October, 2013. Ghostly blurred figures checking camera exposures in the Clayton underground Victorian water storage facility and reservoir as it is opened to the public before being demolished to make way for houses. The brick-vaulted Clayton reservoir, decommissioned 21 years ago, is under land in Back Lane, Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, Lancashire, UK.
The reservoir, built in 1884 to provide water storage for Leyland, was decommissioned 20 years ago. Developers are currently holding guided tours of the reservoir at Clayton-le-Woods near Chorley, Lancashire, so that enthusiasts can marvel at its history before it disappears forever. English Heritage has twice refused an application for the reservoir to be made a listed building. It says it does not fulfil the criteria for national recognition a the Victorian architecture is "neither a rare nor an exceptional example of its type". The underground Back Lane reservoir was capable of storing up to 300,000 gallons of water
Size: 3600px × 2400px
Location: Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, UK,
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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