The Rivington Pike Scheme, still in use today was constructed between between 1850 and 1857 creating five reservoirs and a water treatment works at the south end of Lower Rivington with a pipeline to storage reservoirs at Prescot.
The Rivington Pike Scheme, still in use today, was undertaken by Thomas Hawksley between 1850 and 1857. The scheme was to construct five reservoirs and a water treatment works at the south end of Lower Rivington with a pipeline to storage reservoirs at Prescot.