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Barnsley Canal Route Diagram.
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Wintersett Reservoir
At about 8km from the River Calder, the canal used to run near the Cold Hiendley reservoir. The stretch from the Calder to Barnsley opened in 1799.
The Wintersett Reservoir was enlarged in 1807.
This map shows the area roundabout the 1840s before the Cold Hiendley Reservoir was constructed.
The first reservoir to be constructed was the upper reservoir at Wintersett. This was part of the original canal scheme.
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The Cold Hiendley Reservoir was finished in 1854. In 1874, the area covered by the reservoirs was increased by 55 acres.
This map shows the area with both reservoirs in 1907.
1. A pumping
engine was installed in 1803. This engine managed the flow from Wintersett
Reservoir via the upper feed, running alongside Cold Hiendley Reservoir (constructed later),
into the canal. Later on, the pumping engine was also used to pump water from the lower reservoir.
2. The old engine house, from a postcard published circa 1907 by Haigh Bros., Elson Street, Barnsley. Photographed from the embankment between the two reservoirs. The canal feed is running alongside Cold Hiendley Reservoir westwards towards the canal and the southern part of Haw Park Wood.
8. A view from the retaining embankent towards Ryhill and Cold Hiendley. August 2000.
9. The lower canal feed from Cold Hiendley Reservoir.
Photographed
August 2000.
10. The footbridge linking the reservoir retaining embankment and Haw Park Wood. The footpath is part of theTrans Pennine Way. Photographed
August 2000.
11. View of the reservoir from the footbridge. Photographed August 2000.
Barnsley Canal Route Diagram.
Wintersett Reservoir
The Cold Hiendley Reservoir was finished in 1854. In 1874, the area covered by the reservoirs was increased by 55 acres. 
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