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to stoppage of work in consequence of the War. It was officially opened by 

 the then Chairman of the Board on the 30th August, 1922. 



In 1910 the Board obtained an Act of Parliament authorising the construction 

 of several works, such as the Warbreck Service Reservoir and Water Tower, 

 which better utilise their Bamacre watershed. 



The continued and prospective development of the Board's district, 

 particularly the sea-coast resorts of Blackpool, Fleetwood, Lytham St. Annes 

 and Thornton Cleveleys made it apparent that the Bamacre watershed was 

 quite inadequate to meet the growing needs. The Board, therefore, determined 

 to secure an entirely new and larger source of supply. In 1912 they obtained 

 Parliamentary powers to acquire an important watershed on the River Hodder, 

 a tributary of the River. Ribble. 



As soon as the embargo on capital expenditure was removed, after the 

 conclusion of the War, the Board commenced operations upon their new Stocks 

 Reservoir on the Hodder watershed. This watershed lies in the Pennines in 

 the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of Slaidbum, and about 10 miles 

 from Clitheroe. 



The area of the watershed is 9,259 acres. It consists of moorland, rough 

 pasture and meadow, and is situated on the Bowland shales and Pendle grits. 

 The average rainfall is 60 inches. 



In this area the River Hodder has its source. The head waters of the river 

 and its tributary streams are impounded in the Stocks Reservoir, which has a 

 capacity of 3,059 million gallons. The water is of excellent quality. 



The Stocks Reservoir and comprehensive Hodder supply scheme was 

 inaugurated on July 5th, 1932, by H.R.H. Prince George, K.G. This marked 

 the culminating point of many years of endeavour and unremitting labour, 

 and placed the Fylde Water Board in the satisfactory position of being able to 

 meet all demands that might be made upon them, however great the influx 

 of visitors during the holiday season. 



XIX. 



THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA 

 OF THE BLACKPOOL DISTRICT 



BY 



J. R. CHARNLEY. 



ALTHOUGH few English counties surpass Lancashire in diversity of physical 

 features, few counties, nevertheless, have suffered more change from the hand 

 of man than Lancashire. Especially is this so as regards the southern portion. 

 Despite the gradual expanse of a dense population and the ever-increasing 

 demands of modern commerce, however, there are still great tracts of country 



