Picture Gallery 1
Archive Pictures
Reproduced with permission of Northumbrian Water
Photographs of the Dam and Waterworks under construction 1901 - 1908 taken mainly 1904-1905
EARLY DAYS
Measuring the water flow on the Font
THE HUTTED SETTLEMENT
Main Street
Mission House and Canteen looking towards the station: June 1905
View from south end of viaduct
"Bottom house" and settlement : Distribution House under construction
Distribution House built
FILTER BEDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Note : view of Font valley prior to dam being built
INLET TUNNEL AND WATER TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Tunnel inlet 1902 : early stages
"Top House" in background fixes location
The completed water tower
TUNNEL OUTLET FROM THE OVERFLOW
Note : no dam yet, enabling a view of the valley
RESERVOIR OVERFLOW CONSTRUCTION
Overflow shaft under construction
Overflow shaft completed
Is this the base of overflow shaft?
Outflow tunnel from base of overflow shaft
DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION
1903 Dam foundations trench 92 feet deep Partially built dam with water tower still visible: August 1905 View north - south Same view: "Top House" features As before View south - north Embankment from the office: Simonside visible on horizon: October 1905 Progress HORSES, MACHINERY AND MEN AT WORK "Billie" "Birdie" Tattoo: May 1904 Ruston portable 8hp engine Steam roller: July 1905 Trench concrete mixing plant: September 1904 Steam "Navvy" Navvies at work HANDSOME BUILDINGS
The Distribution House
The Distribution House with "Bottom House" behind
Inside the Distribution House
Distribution basin valves: July 1905
Pure water tank: 1904
Completed Valve House
Recorder House: July 1905
PERSONNEL
1904: Engineers and staff
Bowler-hatted Water Corporation visit 1905
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