Norton Water Tower is a water tower in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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Worth a short visit for zero cost- this architectually impressive water tower. There is no direct access to the tower as its still in use by united utilities.
The latin inscription around the top of the tower reads:
'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...
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Norton Water Tower is a spectacular feat of Engineering which can be seen for miles it used to store water for north and south Norton you cannot access the site it sits on as it is now maintained by local councils or water board I think but...
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I finally got to see another piece of Vyrnwy history! Marvellous piece of Victorian architecture. Built as part of the Vyrnwy trunk line to supply Liverpool with fresh drinking water. Built the same time as Lake Vyrnwy was constructed...
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