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swithland waterworks, leicester. 8/11 -
28-11-2011, 12:09
did this with some friends not on this forum, it was an early start but what a site it was! forgot to do a report on it so here you go!!
history:- Designed by Architects J B Everard and Everard & Pick
The waterworks comprised a large reservoir, pump house, 6 polygonal filter beds, symmetrically placed about an hexagonal covered, partly sunken, draw-off tank with elaborate balustrade
A central gazebo covers the central air vent above the main water tank, and combined with the filter beds this site was designed to clean the water from the reservoir before it was supplied to the city of Leicester
The site was Grade II listed in 1984
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