Waterworks, Isle of Man

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Coordinates: 54°18′47″N 4°22′35″W / 54.31306°N 4.37639°W / 54.31306; -4.37639
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Waterworks
A18
Coordinates54°18′47″N 4°22′35″W / 54.31306°N 4.37639°W / 54.31306; -4.37639
Waterworks, Isle of Man is located in Isle of Man
Waterworks, Isle of Man

Waterworks, Isle of Man, sometimes known as Waterworks Corner,

A18, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man
.

Following soon after Ramsey Hairpin, it is sequence of two right-hand bends in the direction taken by race competitors, situated at an elevation of 380 feet (116 metres) above sea level after the climb out of Ramsey town, and slightly before the 25th Milestone road-side marker on the 37+ mile circuitous-course, measured from the startline at the TT Grandstand. After Waterworks, the climb continues to Tower Bends and the Gooseneck.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

The corners at Waterworks were part of the

Highland Course and the Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races held in the Isle of Man between 1904 and 1922. Waterworks is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the TT and 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races. For the 1939 TT races, road widening and landscaping occurred at the Waterworks area by the Isle of Man Highway Board.[10]

Name origin

The name Waterworks derives from the nearby

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Sources

  1. ISBN 0-85059-172-4
    Accessed 22 December 2015
  2. ^ Motor Cycle, 10 September 1964. 'Lightweight Manx Grand Prix report'. p.531 [image caption]: "...the winner Gordon Keith heeling his Greeves Silverstone Mark 2 round the second of the two Waterworks bends". Accessed 29 July 2015
  3. ISBN 0-85113-078-X
    Accessed 22 December 2015
  4. ISBN 0-85113-078-X
    Accessed 22 December 2015
  5. ISBN 0-85113-078-X
    Accessed 22 December 2015
  6. ^ The TT Mountain Course (second edition), by Fred Hanks p.29 Waterworks Section. "Tight right. Even tighter right again." 1975, A TT Special publication. Accessed 22 December 2015
  7. ^ Lucas map of the T.T. course, 1973. Accessed 22 December 2015
  8. ^ The Lucas contour map of the T.T. circuit, 1973. Accessed 22 December 2015
  9. ISBN 0-85059-172-4
    Accessed 22 December 2015
  10. ^ Isle of Man Weekly Times page 1 dated 13 May 1939
  11. ^ Ballure Reservoir, IoM guide. Retrieved 22 December 2015

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