Ogden Reservoir (Greater Manchester)

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Ogden Reservoir
Ogden Reservoir - Ice cover in early 2006
Ice cover in early 2006
Location Greater Manchester
Coordinates 53.609° N 2.073° WCoordinates: 53.609° N 2.073° W
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]

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