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Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped, artificial reservoir, ... the overflowing plug holes attract many visitors each year. [6] Water usage
Two fishermen in the United Kingdom were filmed fishing incredibly close to a 66-foot-deep plug hole at the Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire.
Ladybower Reservoir: 1943 27,800,000 4.0 41 Foremark Reservoir: 1977 13,193,486 ... Codnor Park Reservoir 1794 0.5 Hurst Reservoir: 1837 0.4 Swineshaw Reservoir ...
If inflow to the reservoir exceeds the gate's capacity, an artificial channel called an auxiliary or emergency spillway will convey water. Often, that is intentionally blocked by a fuse plug. If present, the fuse plug is designed to wash out in case of a large flood greater than the discharge capacity of the spillway gates.
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
The flow of the Alport is partially diverted by a weir to feed into the Ashop above the impound weir built in the 1920s to increase the catchment area of the Derwent Reservoir prior to the building of the Ladybower Reservoir downstream. The weir impounded the water and fed it into an open culvert (water conduit) that was built along the side of ...
Derwent was a village 'drowned' in 1944 when the Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire, England was created. The village of Ashopton , Derwent Woodlands church, and Derwent Hall were also 'drowned' in the construction of the reservoir.
Derwent Reservoir is the middle of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley in the north of Derbyshire, England. It lies approximately 10 mi (16 km) from Glossop and 10 mi (16 km) from Sheffield. The River Derwent flows first through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.