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Ladybower Reservoir
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Image:Ladybower_Viaduct.JPG thumb|right|300px|The Ladybower Viaduct which carries the A6013 road to Bamford.
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Image:Ladybower_Reservoir_Outlet.jpg thumb|right|300px|Overflow for the Ladybower Reservoir.
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The '''Ladybower Reservoir''' is the lowest of three
reservoir (water) reservoirs in the
Upper Derwent Valley in
Derbyshire,
England. The
River Derwent, Derbyshire River Derwent initially flows through
Howden Reservoir, then
Derwent Reservoir, Derbyshire Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.
The water is used primarily for river control and to compensate for the water retained by the upper two dams, but water can also be fed into the drinking water system.
The drinking water is treated at
Bamford water treatment works by
Severn Trent Water. Treated water flows down the
Derwent Valley Aqueduct to supply clean water to towns and cities in the
East Midlands of
England.
The building of the dam wall was undertaken by the Scottish company of Richard Baillie and Sons, while the two viaducts, namely, Ashopton and Ladybower which were needed to carry the trunk roads over the reservoir, were built by the London firm of Holloways. Both firms encountered mounting problems when World War Two broke out in 1939 making labour and raw materials scarce.
Both viaducts were built with a steel frame clad in concrete.
The upper dams were used during
World War II for practice by
No. 617 Squadron RAF 617 Squadron prior to the
Dambusters raid on German dams. Occasional flypasts of the
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are staged to comemmorate this.
The Ladybower was built and filled between 1935 and 1945. The opening ceremony for the reservoir was carried out on Tuesday September 25th 1945 by King George VI accompanied by Queen Elizabeth, later to become the Queen Mother. The building of the reservoir resulted in the 'drowning' of the village of Derwent (including Derwent Woodlands church and Derwent Hall). Much of the structure of the village was still visible during a dry summer some fourteen years later.
The dam's design is peculiar in having two totally enclosed overflows (the 'Holes') at the side of the wall. The easterly overflow originally had a walkway around it but this was dismantled many years ago.
During the
1990s the wall was raised and strengthened to reduce the risk of 'over-topping' in a major flood.
Category:Derbyshire
Category:Reservoirs in England
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