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THE FRIENDS OF CRAVEN MUSEUM
Wednesday 13th March 2024 at 7:30pm
THE BARDEN MOOR RESERVOIRS AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEM
An illustrated talk by David Turner
In the Education Room at the back of the Town Hall
All are welcome, members free, visitors £3
Town Hall car park free after 6pm
Barden Moor Reservoirs were built between 1856 and 1882 and employed Engineers, Masons, Carpenters, Quarrymen, Miners, and Excavators (Navvies) who lived in temporary huts on the Moor, many with their families.
This is the story of how the reservoirs were constructed and the lives of the people who built them.
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