Norton Water Tower is a water tower in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ553816) which stands at an elevation of 233 feet (71 m) above sea level. It is a Grade II listed building.
Norton Water Tower is a water tower in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ553816) which stands at an elevation of 233 feet (71 m) above sea level. It is a Grade II listed building.
It was built between 1888 and 1892 on the water pipeline between Lake Vyrnwy in North Wales and Liverpool to act as a balancing reservoir in the process of supplying water to Runcorn and Liverpool. Water is carried to Liverpool through a tunnel 10 feet (3 m) wide under the River Mersey. The tower was designed by George F. Deacon, the Chief Engineer of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Department.
This water, derived from the sources of the Severn, is brought to the City of Liverpool, a distance of eighty miles, through the mountains and over the plains of Wales and the intervening country, at the cost of the municipality, in the year of Our Lord 1892.