Sheffield Water Works (SWW) built this stone lodge for the sluice-keeper at Oaking Clough Reservoir.
In the days when hand control of sluice valves was needed, the Oaking Clough Reservoir keeper had to live nearby.
At Oaking Clough the water collected from the west arm of the conduit empties into the small Oaking Clough reservoir. At the spillway, water overflows the dam and drops into a slot leading east to a short tunnel. From the tunnel the Oaking Clough conduit flows through mechanically operated sluice gates at a gentle gradient to enter the Upper Redmires reservoir. In times of high flow the excess water overshoots the slot, onto the spillway which diverts the water into Rivelin Brook, which flow steeply down Oaking Clough to enter the Rivelin Reservoir.
Writings and photograph courtesy of Mike Browell.