Waterworks

Burrator is one of the eight reservoirs that supply water to my home town of Plymouth, Devon. Water was first brought to the city in 1585 by, the then Lord Mayor, Sir Francis Drake. He brought the water, that had collected as a result of abundant rain, over the south side of Dartmoor via a series of small channels called leats. The growth of the population in the mid nineteenth century lead to the construction of this reservoir. I like to feel that Drake's spirit is still watching over the flow of water to his city from the lake.