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Slavering baby/Babbling baby/Slavering Sal
The correct name for this feature is actually "Old Man's Mouth". It is a 19th century carved stone outlet for spring water, located near Adel Crags. It is said to have been carved by a Mr. D.Verity, stonemason, and great-grandfather of Benjamin Verity, of the nearby Verity's Tea Rooms. It used to have a stone trough to catch the water, but this, and the carving itself, was damaged by vandals in the early 70's.
Revolution Well
Located on Stonegate Road at the junction with Parkland Drive. Erected in 1788 as a memorial of the coming of King William, by Joseph Oates, gt. Grandfather to Capt. Oates, the famous explorer.
Seven Arches aqueduct
A tunnel was built to carry water from Eccup Reservoir to Leeds in order to supply the population with clean drinking water. The tunnel had to cross Adel Beck, hence the building of the Seven Arches aqueduct. Made of local gritstone, water first flowed across it in August of 1841. However, the demand proved too much for the aqueduct to cope with, and it was obsolete within 30 years
The correct name for this feature is actually "Old Man's Mouth". It is a 19th century carved stone outlet for spring water, located near Adel Crags. It is said to have been carved by a Mr. D.Verity, stonemason, and great-grandfather of Benjamin Verity, of the nearby Verity's Tea Rooms. It used to have a stone trough to catch the water, but this, and the carving itself, was damaged by vandals in the early 70's.
Revolution Well
Located on Stonegate Road at the junction with Parkland Drive. Erected in 1788 as a memorial of the coming of King William, by Joseph Oates, gt. Grandfather to Capt. Oates, the famous explorer.
Seven Arches aqueduct
A tunnel was built to carry water from Eccup Reservoir to Leeds in order to supply the population with clean drinking water. The tunnel had to cross Adel Beck, hence the building of the Seven Arches aqueduct. Made of local gritstone, water first flowed across it in August of 1841. However, the demand proved too much for the aqueduct to cope with, and it was obsolete within 30 years