Little Eaton & High Service
Construction at High Service Works c.1930s
Points of interest is the track mounted digger using cables and pullies to slide the bucket up and down the jib. Ground excavation was carried out by first constructing a railway track on which the excavator stood and also the wagons of soil stood. When the ground is excavated from one area the tracks are moved along a bit. You can clearly see where the sleepers had been in the foreground. Two tipping carts are in the background with old fashioned cart wheels! Beyond is a covered Service Reservoir. Probably High Service and the construction of 3 filter beds and service reservoir sometime in the 30s?