Chatsworth House

Chatsworth is home to the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family.

www.chatsworth.org

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatsworth_House


Radical Horizons: The Art of Burning Man at Chatsworth

A large-scale exhibition of 12 monumental sculptures located in the park surrounding Chatsworth.

Burning Man is a unique event that usually takes place annually in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA.

This year the events team at Chatsworth has worked with the Burning Man team to bring its distinctive culture of possibility and creativity from the Black Rock Desert to the Derbyshire landscape.

www.chatsworth.org/events/burning-man


10
Wings of Glory
by Adrian Landon

A giant mechanical Pegasus sculpture that gallops and flies in slow motion.

It was built for Burning Man 2019 and was the centrepiece of the festival.

adrianlandon.com/wings-of-glory

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhr3snYMRzY

www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Wings-of-Glory-500-000/3...

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Spillway Overflowing.

In these days of climate change the dam doesn't overflow very often. I was lucky to be there to enjoy this spectacle.

Derwent Reservoir is the middle of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley.

It lies approximately 10 miles from Glossop and 10 miles from Sheffield.

The River Derwent flows first through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.

Between them, these three reservoirs provide practically all of Derbyshire's water, as well as to a large part of South Yorkshire and as far afield as Nottingham and Leicester.

Construction of the Derwent reservoir began in 1902 and the massive project was completed in 1916.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent_Reservoir_(Derbyshire)


Dam Busters Connection

During the Second World War the reservoir was used by pilots of the 617 Squadron for practising the low-level flights needed for Operation Chastise (commonly known as the "Dam Busters" raids), due to its similarity to the German dams.

Today there is a commemorative plaque to 617 Squadron on the dam, and one of the towers on the dam houses the Derwent Valley Museum.

Occasional flypasts of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at the reservoir are also staged to commemorate the events during the war.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1OuyIe0pig

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Spillway Overflowing.

In these days of climate change the dam doesn't overflow very often. I was lucky to be there to enjoy this spectacle.

Derwent Reservoir is the middle of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley.

It lies approximately 10 miles from Glossop and 10 miles from Sheffield.

The River Derwent flows first through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.

Between them, these three reservoirs provide practically all of Derbyshire's water, as well as to a large part of South Yorkshire and as far afield as Nottingham and Leicester.

Construction of the Derwent reservoir began in 1902 and the massive project was completed in 1916.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent_Reservoir_(Derbyshire)


Dam Busters Connection

During the Second World War the reservoir was used by pilots of the 617 Squadron for practising the low-level flights needed for Operation Chastise (commonly known as the "Dam Busters" raids), due to its similarity to the German dams.

Today there is a commemorative plaque to 617 Squadron on the dam, and one of the towers on the dam houses the Derwent Valley Museum.

Occasional flypasts of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at the reservoir are also staged to commemorate the events during the war.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1OuyIe0pig

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Construction of the Ladybower Dam started in 1935.

This massive project caused considerable controversy because it involved the flooding of two villages; Ashopton, which lay at the junction of the Ashop and the Derwent, and Derwent, which lay upstream on the Derwent River.

Despite protests, the dam went ahead and was finished in 1943 and then took a further two years to fill.

It was opened by King George VI in 1945.

Now the only visible reminder of Ashopton and Derwent is the old packhorse bridge from Derwent village, which was dismantled and re-erected at Slippery Stones.

Parts of Derwent village can still be seen in very dry summers. The spire of the church was left standing until 1959, when it was demolished.

The flooding of these two villages was the worst damage inflicted by the water authorities in their many projects around the Peak District.

It highlighted the damage which these massive projects can do to the environment.

Paradoxically Ladybower is now an area of outstanding beauty and a major tourist attraction.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybower_Reservoir


The East Overflow

The dam's design is peculiar in having two of these bellmouth overflows (locally nicknamed the 'plugholes') located against the dam wall.

They are stone-built, 80 feet in diameter, with outlet pipes 15 feet in diameter.

The overflows originally had walkways around them but they were dismantled many years ago.

The dam doesn't overflow very often so I was lucky to be there to enjoy the spectacle.

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Toddbrook Reservoir

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddbrook_Reservoir


August 2019

Toddbrook Reservoir was the site of the biggest incident that a UK dam has been involved in for more than a decade and It was very nearly the biggest incident in a century.

On the 1st of August concrete slabs on the overflow spillway were partially dislodged by high volumes of water following several days of heavy rain.

Engineers warned that there was a very real risk of the dam collapsing.

A major incident was declared and the Environment Agency issued a 'danger to life' warning due to the possibility of the dam collapsing.

1,500 residents were immediately evacuated from parts of Whaley Bridge and the adjacent villages of Furness Vale and New Mills.

High-volume pumps were quickly deployed to take water from the reservoir to prevent it from overflowing and to reduce pressure on the dam.

An RAF Chinook helicopter dropped 400 tonnes of aggregate into the damaged area and specialist contractors added concrete grouting between the bags of ballast to bind them together to support the spillway.

On the 6th of August, it was announced that the massive pumping operation had reduced the water level in the reservoir by 8 metres (26 ft) and that the race to take pressure off the dam had been won.

A full inspection of the damaged structure followed and the dam was declared safe.

On the 7th of August, Derbyshire Constabulary declared that it was safe for the 1,500 evacuated residents to return to their homes.


Read more here:

www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/engineers-scrambled-save-...

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