Belmont Reservoir

Belmont Reservoir
Belmont Reservoir. Taken from near outflow, showing Bolton sailing club on promontory.
Location Greater Manchester, England

Belmont Reservoir is a reservoir north of the small moorland village of Belmont, Lancashire, England fed by the Belmont Brook.[1][2] It was built in 1826 by the Bolton Waterworks to supply water to the rapidly expanding town of Bolton.[3] Belmont was once a thriving industrial centre for stone quarrying and printing.[1] The reservoir is the home of the Bolton Sailing Club.[4] The reservoir is important to wintering wildfowl.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "waterscape.com". http://www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/belmont-reservoir. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "northturton.com". http://www.northturton.com/belmont/bel_01.html. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  3. ^ "The full Witton Weavers Way". http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.21132&setPaginate=No. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  4. ^ "Bolton Sailing Club". http://www.sail.org.uk/contact-us/how-to-find-us/. Retrieved 7 February 2010.