Monument record 10862 - Barrelwell Waterworks, Boughton

Historic maps record a small waterworks on Barrelwell Lane. The wateworks consisted of a boiler house and engine house adjacent to the river Dee.

The Barrelwell waterworks was opened in 1828 to provide water to the city, in 1867 adding a water tower to provide sufficient pressure for the flow of water from Huntingdon Brook to reach the site. (6)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

This map depsicts a well adjcent to the river. To its immeditae north-east is the Engine House, with the boiler house to the immediate north-east. A possible circular chiment is depicted on the immediate south-eastern side of the engine house

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<5> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions, p37 (Book). SCH6522.