The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

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voirs proceeding north-
yard from Horwicb, are respectively named the Rivingtou,
the Anglezark, and the Roddlesworth reservoirs, the two
latter being separated from each other by a distance ex-
ceeding three miles, but communicating by means of a
regulated water-way, the former being disjoined by a heavy
embankment, over which the Chorley:and Rivington road
is carriec'

nee to details,

These res,

Into these reservoirs are gathered all the
waters of an extensive upland and hilly district, amount-
ing to 9,847 statute acres, or nearly 152 square miles.
Condescending a little more into particulars, it may be
stated that the Roddlesworth, or upper reservoir, receives
the waters of the Rake-brook, which drains the Brown-
hill district; and the Roddlesworth river, which, rising
in the Great hill,carries down to-the reservoir a large sup-
ply of excellent water. The middle, or Anglezark reser-
voir, is supplied by the river Yarrow and numerous springs,
which well np in various parts of Anglezark moor, them-
selves constituting a large aggregate amount of pure
water ; but, in addition to these feeders, it receives a col-
lateral supply from the Chorley water-works reservoir, the
minimum amount of which is limited to 300 gallons per
minute, or 432,000 gallons daily. The Rivington, or lower
and southernmost reservoir, receives the waters of the
river Douglas, and the Dean and Church brooks, besides
other smaller streams, which drain the Two Lads-hill and
the Rivington Pike, the latter a large peaked hill ending
in a high cone, and from which the works derive their
name. The supply poured into these reservoirs from so
many and such extensive feeders is enormous, when com-
puted in gallons or even in tuns, and, it is considered by
the promoters of the scheme, will greatly exceed any pro-
bability of demand from Liverpool, even after the quantity
necessary for the mills and works," situated on the lower
portion of the diverted streams, has been amply provided
for, out of the surplus water which will be husbanded in
the reservoirs.

In reference to these and other waterworks belonging
to the Corporation of Liverpool, a report, prepared by Jas.
SIMPSON, Esq.,. C.E., and Jas. NEWLANDS, Esq., C.E.,
Borough Engineer of Liverpool, was some years ago pre-
sented to the Chairman of the Water Committee. It is
dated in April, 1849, and bears internal evidence of having
been prepared after a very minute and searching inquiry;
and it seems to be the result, in many of its statistical
details, of an actual survey and careful examination into
the circumstances which produce, or can regulate, the
water-supply from the Rivington field of operations.
From that valuable document, it appears that the average
yield of rain-fall over the district drained by the Rivington

works, taken over a series of six years, amounts to about
21,600,000 gallons per day, which, after deducting com-
pensation-water, would yield to the town a supply of about

13,400,000 gallons per d

em. From the sam,

also learn that the extent of water-surface

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