Rake Brook Reservoir
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The reservoir is adjacent to the two Roddlesworth Reservoirs. It was constructed in the 1850s by Thomas Hawksley for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, and was designed to hold compensation water to maintain flows in the rivers, whereas the reservoirs at Lower Rivington, Upper Rivington and Anglezarke held water for the public water supply. Water from the reservoir was fed into Anglezarke reservoir by a Script error: No such module "convert". channel called The Goit.Template:Sfn
Construction of the reservoir was authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1847, and the engineer Thomas Hawksley designed an earth dam which was Script error: No such module "convert". tall at its highest point and Script error: No such module "convert". long. The reservoir was finished in 1857, and impounded Script error: No such module "convert". of water when full.Template:Sfn
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