Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Water falling on water over water. On a soggy afternoon this is where the Nidd Aqueduct crosses the River Aire at Bingley in a fancy castellated bridge, which hardly anyone will see (and it is quite tricky to get a decent view of it from the footpath on the bank, with encroaching vegetation and trees). The aqueduct brings water from reservoirs in the upper Nidd valley over 32 miles to Bradford. It took several years to build in the 1890s and carries 130 million litres a day using gravity in iron pipes and stone tunnels six feet tall that in places were dug below mines (in Greenhow Hill where the Coldstones Cut and quarry are), helping drain them (and adding to the water supply) #niddaquduct #aqueduct #riveraire #bingley #bradford #victorianengineering #yorkshirewater #bradfordcorporation #yorkshire A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 30, 2019 at 1:54pm PDT
Water falling on water over water. On a soggy afternoon this is where the Nidd Aqueduct crosses the River Aire at Bingley in a fancy castellated bridge, which hardly anyone will see (and it is quite tricky to get a decent view of it from the footpath on the bank, with encroaching vegetation and trees). The aqueduct brings water from reservoirs in the upper Nidd valley over 32 miles to Bradford. It took several years to build in the 1890s and carries 130 million litres a day using gravity in iron pipes and stone tunnels six feet tall that in places were dug below mines (in Greenhow Hill where the Coldstones Cut and quarry are), helping drain them (and adding to the water supply) #niddaquduct #aqueduct #riveraire #bingley #bradford #victorianengineering #yorkshirewater #bradfordcorporation #yorkshire
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 30, 2019 at 1:54pm PDT
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