Basford Waterworks was located at the junction of Haydn Road and Hucknall Road at the site now occupied by the Severn Trent Water Authority. The reservoir wasn't used for the storage of drinking water but I believe for cooling of the water heated to drive the four steam beam engines on the site.
The reservoir was occasionally drained and cleaned and I remember on one such occasion a revolver was discovered on the bottom. My mother would have taken the photo using my dad's camera and the boy in the rear of the boat was me.
Beyond the sandstone perimeter wall was Haydn Road.
Basford Waterworks was located at the junction of Haydn Road and Hucknall Road at the site now occupied by the Severn Trent Water Authority. The reservoir wasn't used for the storage of drinking water but I believe for cooling of the water heated to drive the four steam beam engines on the site.
The reservoir was occasionally drained and cleaned and I remember on one such occasion a revolver was discovered on the bottom. My mother would have taken the photo using my dad's camera and the boy in the rear of the boat was me.
Beyond the sandstone perimeter wall was Haydn Road.