Ogden Reservoir (Greater Manchester)
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| Ogden Reservoir | |
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| Location | Greater Manchester |
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| 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]
[edit] References
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