Mottram Tunnel

53°27′21″N 2°02′41″W / 53.45570°N 2.04470°W / 53.45570; -2.04470 The Mottram Tunnel (Mottram in Longdendale) is a tunnel carrying drinking water by gravity from Arnfield Reservoir, Tintwistle, Derbyshire, in the valley of the River Etherow, to Godley, Greater Manchester, in the valley of the River Tame. It was essential to the construction of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs constructed by John Frederick Bateman. The tunnel was built between August 1848 and October 1850, and the Godley Reservoir was finished in 1851 to receive and filter the water.

The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. cciii) gave permission for the construction of the Woodhead, Hollingworth and Arnfield reservoirs, and the construction of a masonry aqueduct to convey drinking water from the Arnfield and Hollingworth reservoirs to a service reservoir at Godley. The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1848 allowed the construction of Torside and Rhodeswood reservoirs, and an aqueduct to convey the water to the Arnfield reservoir.

The tunnel pierces the ridge that lies between the Etherow valley and the Tame valley. It is 3,100 yards (2,800 m) long, and has a gradient of 5 feet per mile (95 cm/km). It is lined in stone, is 6 feet (1.8 m) in diameter and can carry 50 million gallons a day (230 Ml/d).^[1]

References

^ Quayle, Tom (2006). Manchester's Water: The Reservoirs in the Hills. Tempus Publishing. pp. 8, 24. ISBN 0-7524-3198-6.

[Quayle-1] Quayle, Tom (2006). Manchester's Water: The Reservoirs in the Hills. Tempus Publishing. pp. 8, 24. ISBN 0-7524-3198-6.

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v t e Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, England
Buildings	Ashton Town Hall Cavendish Mill, Ashton Denton Town Hall Dukinfield Town Hall Hartshead Pike Tower Hyde Hall, Denton Hyde Town Hall Old Street drill hall, Ashton Stayley Hall, Stalybridge Tower Mill, Dukinfield
Places of worship	St Anne's, Haughton St George's, Stalybridge St John's, Dukinfield St Michael's, Ashton St Michael's, Mottram St Peter's, Ashton St Lawrence's, Denton
Education	Alder Community High School All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield Audenshaw School Copley Academy Denton Community College Droylsden Academy Fairfield High School for Girls Great Academy Ashton Hyde High School Longdendale High School Mossley Hollins High School Rayner Stephens High School St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College St Thomas More Roman Catholic College West Hill School
Transportation	Ashton-under-Lyne bus station Ashton-under-Lyne railway station Denton railway station Fairfield railway station Flowery Field railway station Godley railway station Guide Bridge railway station Hattersley railway station Hyde Central railway station Hyde North railway station Mossley railway station Newton for Hyde railway station Stalybridge railway station
Shopping complexes	Ashton Arcades Clarendon Square Shopping Centre, Hyde
Sport and entertainment	Bower Fold Butcher's Arms Ground Ewen Fields Tameside Hippodrome
Bridges	Broadbottom Viaduct
Others	Mottram Tunnel Tameside General Hospital
Demolished	Atlas Mill, Ashton Cedar Mill, Ashton Curzon Mill, Ashton Gorse Hall, Stalybridge Junction Mills, Ashton Minerva Mill, Ashton Ray Mill, Stalybridge Rock Mill, Ashton Texas Mill, Ashton Tudor Mill, Ashton Waterside Mill
Lists	List of schools in Tameside List of mills in Tameside
Listed buildings in	Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Denton Droylsden Dukinfield Hyde Longdendale Mossley Stalybridge

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