Black Moss Reservoirs

Black Moss Reservoirs
The Upper and Lower Black Moss Reservoir
Location: Lancashire , England Tributaries: Black Moss Water Drain: Barley Water → Pendle Water → River Calder → River Ribble → Irish Sea Larger places nearby: Barley
England , UK
Coordinates	53 ° 52 '3 "  N , 2 ° 15' 58"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 52 '3 "  N , 2 ° 15' 58"  W.
Data on the structure
Construction time:	-1894 / -1903
Data on the reservoir
Total storage space :	204,568 m³ (Upper Black Moss Reservoir), 295,487 m³ (Lower Black Moss Reservoir)
The Lower Black Moss Reservoir

The Black Moss Reservoirs are two reservoirs north of Barley on the eastern edge of Pendle Hill in Lancashire , England . The area in which they are located is a separate part of the AONB Forest of Bowland .

The Black Moss Water first feeds the Upper Black Moss Reservoir and then flows through the Lower Black Moss Reservoir southwest of it . The reservoirs provide drinking water for the city of Nelson and its surroundings.

The larger of the two reservoirs, the Lower Black Moss Reservoir, was completed in 1903 and the Upper Black Moss Reservoir was completed in 1894.

Individual evidence

1. ^ United Utilities - Black Moss Reservoirs

Web links

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