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The Ashopton Viaduct (left) carries the Snake Pass A57 road and the Ladybower Viaduct carries the A6013 to Bamford over the reservoir. Ladybower was built between 1935 and 1943 by the Derwent Valley Water Board to supplement the other two reservoirs in supplying the water needs of the East Midlands. It took a further two years to fill, which ...
Piped intakes were constructed from the rivers Ashop and Alport to the west to feed directly into the Derwent reservoir, but soon demand increased further to the point where another reservoir was required. The larger Ladybower Reservoir, built largely during World War II, necessitated the flooding of the villages of Derwent and Ashopton, with ...
However, the site of the temporary village at Birchinlee, built to house the construction workers for the higher Derwent and Howden Reservoirs, is marked by a plaque. The only marker of the location of Derwent is the village's War Memorial, which stands above Ladybower Reservoir at a point to the west of the village. [17]
Ramsden Reservoir 1883 394,000 0.5 Bollinhurst Reservoir 1872 384,145 0.5 Wessenden Head Reservoir: 1881 372,780 0.3 Blakeley Reservoir 1904 363,690 0.4 Horse Coppice Reservoir 1861 331,865 0.5 Bilberry Reservoir 1840 254,000 0.3 Riding Wood Reservoir 1878 235,000 0.4 Rivelin Dams Upper: 1848
Remains of the railway can still be seen alongside Derwent Reservoir as well as at the western end of the Ladybower dam where over 1.5 mi (2.4 km) of cutting and trackway remain, and are known locally as 'The Route'. Between the Howden and Derwent dams the present road was built over the top of the railway. [citation needed]
A quarry could be flooded to become a new reservoir to supply water to thousands of homes in the South West. Plans are in the "earliest stages", according to water companies, but they are looking ...
Toddbrook Reservoir: 1838 1,288,000 1.0 24 Arnfield Reservoir: 1854 950,000 0.6 Linacre Upper Reservoir: 1885 575,000 0.6 19 Butterley Reservoir: 1794 450,000 0.8 Linacre Middle Reservoir: 1904 410,000 0.5 13 Linacre Lower Reservoir: 1855 140,000 0.4 9 Codnor Park Reservoir 1794 0.5 Hurst Reservoir: 1837
The first hints of the Big River Reservoir project came in 1928. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...