Harborne reservoir was originally constructed provide water for the Worcester & Birmingham Canal in around 1806on land purchased from Jervoise Clarke Jerjoise Esq, who "happened " to also own shares in the company. It fell out of use for its original purpose, but was used for fishing, and in 1923 John Phillip Monk , who had been the reservoir keeper, acquired the lease to the reservoir and started a boating and fishing business there with his son. This was until the reservoir was breached in 1957. the map shows it in 1914,, probably a few years before the photo
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