History of the Huddersfield Water Supplies
By T. W. Woodhead

CHAPTER VI - UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES.

BORE HOLES - BLACKMOORFOOT

In 1930, a shaft of a diameter of 10 feet was sunk alongside the catchwater near its entrance to the reservoir. The shaft is brick lined to a depth of 64 feet, from which it continues, unlined, to a total depth of 166 feet 10 inches from the surface, down to the base of the Huddersfield White Rock. In 1931, 374 feet of headings were driven from this shaft, in three directions ; a central drift 193 feet long, of which 109 feet runs S.W. of the shaft, and 84 feet to the N.E. The former gives off an adit 81 feet long to the S., and the latter, nearer its extremity, an adit at right anges to the drift, 100 feet long to the S.E.

In sinking this shaft a flow of gas was met with. A young workman on descending the shaft was overcome by the fumes and was only rescued with difficulty. The has had the following percentage composition:-

A pumping station was installed here in 1934, worked by an oil engine. When necessary it is worked twelve hours a day, yielding about 9,000 gallons an hour, or 108,000 a working day. The yield during the drought of 1934 was:-

The Average quantity pumped over this period was 9,601 gallons per hour.

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