Ogden Reservoir (Greater Manchester)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ogden Reservoir | |
---|---|
|
|
Location | Greater Manchester |
Coordinates | |
Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Piethorne Brook Wickenhall Brook Rag Hole Brook |
Primary outflows | Piethorne Brook |
Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Ogden Reservoir is a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley, close to Milnrow and Newhey in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England.
[edit] History
The reservoir was commissioned in 1878 collecting water from Piethorne Brook and Wickenhall Brook, to provide drinking water for Oldham.
In the year 2005, the body of a man was discovered floating on a nearby overflow. [1]