2018

SK1888 : Ladybower Reservoir

taken 5 years ago, 5 km N of Aston, Derbyshire, England

This is 1 of 11 images, with title Ladybower Reservoir in this square
Ladybower Reservoir
Ladybower Reservoir
The 'no swimming' sign seems like a slightly dark joke given the lack of water in the reservoir following a hot dry summer. Some of the remains of Derwent village can be seen from here.
Derbyshire Dams :: SK1938

The Upper Derwent Valley above Bamford is dominated by three large reservoirs, built between 1901 and 1945 to supply water to Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. Howden is the uppermost and oldest of the three; below that is Derwent Reservoir, filled between November 1914 and January 1916. Work on Ladybower Reservoir commenced in 1935 and, despite the shortage of materials and resources in the Second World War, was opened in 1945 by King George VI. Unlike the solid masonry dams built for the Howden and Derwent reservoirs, Ladybower Dam is a clay-cored earth embankment. Two villages were engulfed when Ladybower Reservoir was filled, Derwent and Ashopton, and their remains can still be seen when water levels are low. Famously, Derwent Reservoir was used by 617 Squadron in preparation for the ‘Dambusters’ raid on the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943.


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Geographical Context: Uplands Water resources Primary Subject: Reservoir other tags: No Swimming Sign Ladybower Reservoir Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Remains of the Village [16] Title Clusters: · Ladybower Reservoir [11] ·
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SK1888, 136 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 17 November, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 1820 8857 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.6192N 1:43.6669W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 1807 8849
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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