Reservoir Construction

 

Click on the images below for a larger version (All images copyright Nidderdale Museum).

Photo: 'Craven' at mason's yard (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)

  Photo: Tunnel Entrance (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)

 'Craven' in the stone mason's yard in Scar

Quarrymen

 Constructing the reservoir tunnel
     
 Photo: Railway, digging the trench, Scar House and Blondin tower (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)  Photo: Railway up the Valley (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)  Photo: Stone Masons at Scar (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)

Digging the trench for the dam wall with Scar House on the hillside. Note the Blondin tower used for transporting materials at the top of the picture

Railway up the side of the valley below Scar Dam wall. This photo shows how engines and rolling stock were moved around the site

 Stone masons at Scar
     
 Photo: workers at Scar (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)  Photo: workers at Scar (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum) Photo: view across Scar Dam trench (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum) 

Workers at Scar

Workers at Scar

Scan of photo from Bradford Corporation Water Works album 2. The photo shows a view across the Scar Dam trench looking north with the river diversion channel.
     
 Photo: Hostel, people and dignitaries (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum) Photo: visiting dignitaries, from Bradford Corporation Water Works album 2 (courtesy of Nidderdale Museum)   
  Scan of photo from Bradford Corporation Water Works album 2. A photo of a hostel, with workers, hostel keepers, children and visiting dignitaries.
 
 Scan of photo from Bradford Corporation Water Works album 2. The photo shows dignitaries visiting the site, with blondin cranes on the dam wall.