Basford, Waterworks, Pumping Station and Reservoir, corner of Haydn Road and Hucknall Road, Nottingham, c 1914. The Works were established in 1857 and extended in 1868.
Photo from Mick Garratt
The original Water Works Company Obtained their lease from the Corporation in 1696 and erected an engine house, water wheel and pumps on the south bank of the River Leen near the site of the present Bowling Green Hotel in Canal Street. The supply from this site sufficed for many years, but, in consequence of long continued complaints of the quality and scarcity of the water, the Company 0otained an Act of Parliament in June 1827 and constructed a new works in Basford to take water from springs and to tap the River Leen where it was uncontaminated by the town sewers.
Photo from Mick Garratt
The original Water Works Company Obtained their lease from the Corporation in 1696 and erected an engine house, water wheel and pumps on the south bank of the River Leen near the site of the present Bowling Green Hotel in Canal Street. The supply from this site sufficed for many years, but, in consequence of long continued complaints of the quality and scarcity of the water, the Company 0otained an Act of Parliament in June 1827 and constructed a new works in Basford to take water from springs and to tap the River Leen where it was uncontaminated by the town sewers.