Description and History of Site:-

Water treatment, storage and distribution facility. Currently operated by Yorkshire Water.Originally constructed as an open water storage reservoir by the (privately owned) Harrogate Waterworks Company in the late 1860's under the terms of their Act of Parliament of 1866. The reservoir received water gathered in the Haverah Park 'Ten Acre' (NYK01789) and 'Beaver Dyke' (NYK01672) reservoirs via a conduit and aqueduct, and distributed the water to the town directly and via the Company's pre-existing storage reservoir and facilities at Irongate Bridge (NYK01793). Harlow Hill was usefully higher (by about 30m) than the Irongate Bridge site making it easier to distribute water, by gravity, to the expanding town.

Over time, the site evolved to include further water treatment and filtration facilities and was taken over by the Harrogate Corporation Water Works in 1898 along with all the other infrastructure of the earlier Waterworks Company. The Corporation went on to construct the Harlow Hill water tower (NYK01790) adjacent to the site in 1902.

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Key Words :- water treatment service reservoir

Address :- Harlow Moor Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0AD
Grid Ref :- SE 2905 5424
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.983403 , Long -1.558501
Local Authority :- Harrogate Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1860's -
Contributor :- Nick Nelson - 18 May 2020

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