The Waterboard building stands at the top of Lumn Road behind the Playgroup "Rainbow Corner". You can also see it from Mansfield Road. I don't know anything about it ,when it was built and for what purpose etc so if anyone out there has any information I would be very happy to hear it.
It has remained unchanged throughout my lifetime and has always been a secretive building....maybe this is because it was inaccessible.
The building as seen from Mansfield Road.
Seen from a birdseye view.
Lumn Road is to the left and Rainbow Corner playgroup is the white building in the bottom lefthand corner.
I took these January after seeing Gerald England post on it and thought it was an old pumping station but wasn't sure, so I decided to go and have a look what I could find. The gate off Lumn Road was open so I was able to get inside and take these two pictures...of the building.
I also took a shot of a notice by the side of the door you can see on the left-hand side of the building in the first photo. It's not very clear, but the notice reads:
NORTH WEST WATER
CHEMICAL AND FUEL DELIVERIES
ONLY ACCEPTED WHEN SUPERVISED
BY A DESIGNATED N.W.W.
EMPLOYEE
Dave
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Good to see the aerial view - I did a post about this in January http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/behind-barbed-wire.html
Dave confirmed it is/was a pumping station.
Thanks for that, Gerald.
I've lived in Hyde all my life and walked past it every day for years on my way to Infant /Junior school but never knew anything about it.
I've got a bit of info on Hyde Water Board Nancy... not sure if it mention this directly .. but the story of Hyde's water is quite interesting... I'll knock a post up as soon as possible.
Nice update of the last 2 photos from Dave and his trusty camera... ;o)
Excellent photos ,Dave - I was scared of going in the yard in case I got done.. haha....
It is still a working pump station which was built in the late 1800's. There is a commemorative stone inside which I will take a picture of and upload it next week.
Anon: thank you for the information.. I look forward to seeing any pictures of this building you can send in..
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