Yarrow Reservoir Explained

Yarrow Reservoir
Location:Lancashire
Coords:53.6361°N -2.5675°W
Type:Reservoir
Inflow:River Yarrow
Outflow:River Yarrow
Basin Countries:United Kingdom
Cities:Chorley, Lancashire
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Borough of Chorley
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within Chorley Borough

Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir. Construction of the reservoir, designed by Liverpool Borough Engineer Thomas Duncan, began in 1867.[1]

In 2002, several tons of fish were transported to this reservoir when the Upper Rivington reservoir was completely drained for essential maintenance work.[2]

The construction of Yarrow Reservoir was described in Wm. Fergusson Irvine's book A Short History of the Township of Rivington:

The construction of the reservoir meant that a small hamlet called Alance was flooded, centred on the rebuilt Alance Bridge, and a large dwelling was demolished - Turner's Farm - which lives on in current maps only in name as Turner's Embankment.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rivington Reservoirs (main scheme) . Engineering Timelines . 4 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223180138/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=775 . 23 February 2012.
  2. Book: Smith, M D . About Anglezarke . Wyre Publishing . 2002 . 978-0-9526187-6-8. 42.
  3. Web site: What Lies Beneath . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324032725/http://www.about-rivington.co.uk/section/218/rivington-reservoirs-what-lies-beneath/ . 24 March 2014 . about-rivington.co.uk.