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[[File: Waterworks_Crossing_20150610.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Waterworks Crossinglooking north. with the Treatment Works to the right]]

The '''Waterworks Crossing ''' is situated north of milepost 145¾, a short distance north of [[Hampton Loade|Hampton Loade station]]. It provides access for a private road to the Severn Trent Waterworks on the eastern side of the river via a bridge over the river. The bridge Hampton Loade Water Treatment Works which is supported owned by two arched water carrying pipes that support the bridge spanSouth Staffs Water.

==The crossing was used as a filming location waterworks==The plant can be partly seen on the left in the 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action family film [[Candleshoe]]second picture.The site produces water and sends it to Sedgley Reservoir where it is shared between South Staffs Water and Severn Trent Water in order to supply Birmingham and the surrounding area.<ref Name = "FTW">From the Window, SVR publication</ref>

Sadly, the crossing was Water is taken from the location of a fatal [[Accidents | accidentRiver Severn]] and piped over the bridge before settling in January 1994 where a locomotive struck a van negotiating the crossingnearby Chelmarsh Reservoir, which is close to the railway on the western side, although not visible from it. It is then sent back under the railway line and over the bridge to the treatment plant. An inquest After passing under the railway in May recorded a verdict the vicinity of the crossing, the pipes cross the Severn, forming the two blue arches that support the decking of 'accidental death' with no blame attached to the Railwayprivate road bridge before heading onto site for treatment<ref name = "FTW" />.

==The crossing is normally gated when not ==The bridge was built in use1966.<ref>[https://www.southstaffswaterarchives.org.uk/Hampton%20Loade.pdf South Staffs Water Archives, picture of the bridge under construction] (retrieved 20 January 2020)</ref> The access road and railway crossing may be assumed to be of the same date, as seen in the first photographthere is no evidence of any track or crossing at that location on OS maps as late as 1960.<ref>[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.4820&lon=-2.3787&layers=11&b=1 NLS 1960 OS Map]</ref>

[[Farm crossing south of milepost 146½ | Towards Bridgnorth]]<br>*[[Accidents]]*[[From The Window]] ==References==<references /> ==Links==*[https://www.south-staffs-water.co.uk/environment/managing-water-resources/where-our-water-comes-from South Staffs Water: "Where our water comes from"] {{#coordinates:52.480759|2.377882|[primary|][dim:1000]}}[[Category:Featured articles]]