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This is a photo of Thirlmere reservoir; it was a man-made lake, which was created, in the late Victorian era. In the mid 19th Century Thirlmere valley bore no resemblance to its appearance today. Two small tarns, Leathes Water and Wythburn Water, sat in the bottom of the valley connected by a stream with a small causeway bridge running over it. At the south end there was a small hamlet with a pub. However the Industrial Revolution in Manchester was creating a demand for more water in the suburbs and factories of the cities; this led to a search for good water sources. The search ended in Thirlmere and following an Act of Parliament, work was begun on both a dam at the north end, to stop the water flowing out of St Johns Beck to Keswick, and a 96 mile aqueduct to carry the water to Manchester. This was...

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