Embankment, Ogden, Halifax
View of the Embankment at Ogden, near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: Ogden
Format: Postcard - Colour
Document ID: 101147
Library ID: 34545535
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 notorious for illegal gambling schools, occasioning raids by horse bus loads of policemen [late 19th century?].
In 1963, the archaeology group from Ovenden Secondary School discovered a section of Roman road over Ogden Moor.
