Ogden Reservoir, Halifax (Document ID: 100252)
View of Ogden Reservoir, Ogden, near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: Ogden
Format: Postcard - Mono
Document ID: 100252
Library ID: 34561690
The first reservoir built by the Halifax Corporation between 1854-1858, at a cost of £94,000. Built in response to the Halifax Act of 1853. Designed to hold 200 million gallons.
The area has been called Halifax's "Little Switzerland", and was a popular local beauty spot. In 1911, the quarry overlooking the reservoir was tidied up and furnished with benches to be renamed Rock Hollow Park, a popular spot for many years with tea rooms flourishing. A Primitive Methodist chapel once stood on the banks near Rock Hollow Park, which was later converted to tea rooms and subsequently demolished. In 1988, the reservoir was renamed Ogden Water, and became the focus for a range of countryside leisure facilities, with woods and trails open to the public.
Apparently Ogden Moor was once notorious for illegal gambling schools, occasioning raids by horse bus loads of policemen.
In 1963, the archaeology group from Ovenden Secondary School discovered a section of Roman road over Ogden Moor.
