Whaley Bridge - Toddbrook Reservoir Damage

[KneesUp]

Windbreaks and/or an enclosed section over the Pennines was considered. The wind break idea surface earlier this century, and at least once more since.

Dropped initially due to the 'Little House on The Prairie.

I believe it's an urban myth that the farm house it still there because the owners refused to sell - it's there because it's built on a fault in the ground, so the land was not suitable for the motorway to go over. I suspect the traffic forecasts were nothing like the volume they experience now.

 

[Globalti]

That's right, it's an Urban Myth.

That film about the Police on the snowy M62 is a nightmare!

 

[tom73]

Total myth @KneesUp is right the land was not suitable for building on. In any case they can't sell up they are tenants Yorkshire water own it and the land they farm.

 

[classic33]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-41842608

 

[tom73]

@classic33 nice work that's what I was thinking about remember watching it when reported.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That film about the Police on the snowy M62 is a nightmare!

It is
I have it on VHS somewhere, from a (possibly) BBC4 showing
It is an excellent programme, showing the difficulties for all workers on the m/way

On a similar tangent
In Castleford, there's a couple of yards that are owned by fairground ride families
Outside one yard, there's an Atkinson 6x6, that looks like it carries a mobile generator
Little clues, like the brackets & holes on the cab/screen surround, match the B&W photograph, in a book I have about (the A6 over) Shap


View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215302894557909&set=a.10215289212935877&type=3&theater



View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216821378319054&set=p.10216821378319054&type=3&theater

 

[fossyant]

Latest news is it could take years to rebuild. There are also thousands of fish in there that will be relocated in October

 

[tom73]

Someone on the radio this morning was saying visiter numbers are up inc mini buses turning up to see the dam. So guess some one will be make a bit money out of it can't do any harm to local economy.

 

[ColinJ]

There were a couple of people in kayaks trying to get close to the 'plughole' that I was looking at!

I think that there was a rope or chain barrier to stop them actually going into it, but they got much closer than I would want to...

Yikes - no rope or chain obvious there now!

 

[winjim]

Yikes - no rope or chain obvious there now!

You'd want to go and look though, wouldn't you? I'm driving past every day at the moment as I'm studying in Manchester, but unfortunately I don't have time to stop for a stroll.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Yikes - no rope or chain obvious there now!

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/ladybower-reservoir-derbyshire-sept-15.99572/

 

[Salty seadog]

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/ladybower-reservoir-derbyshire-sept-15.99572/

Great website. Quite a few threads on tunnels and stuff near me.