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| Fisher Tarn Reservoir, New Hutton | ||
| Fisher Tarn Reservoir | ||
| civil parish:- | New Hutton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | reservoir | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| locality type:- | dam | |
| coordinates:- | SD55149284 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5592 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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 BLW71.jpg (taken 21.4.2006)  BLW72.jpg Built under powers of the Kendal Corporation Act 1894, engineer, George E Deacon, assisted by a bequest from Alderman William Bindloss, 1895. (taken 21.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD59.jpg outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DAM AND MACHINERY HOUSE AT FISHER TARN RESERVOIR / / / NEW HUTTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76690 / SD5503592742" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Dam and machinery house. Foundation stone on machinery house dated October 1896. Rough-dressed snecked stoni blocks. Dam c.30 ft high with walkway along top. Central overflow section battered with 3 semicircular sluice-gate openings at top between mock medieval turrets. Machinery house at base of overflow channel is square in plan with stop-chamfered corners, Diocletian windows, and pyramidal stone roof." |
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 BLW73.jpg Built under powers of the Kendal Corporation Act 1894, engineer, George E Deacon, assisted by a bequest from Alderman William Bindloss, 1895. (taken 21.4.2006) |
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