Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Does the dam pre date the town, or vice versa? I mean, who'd build a town under a dam?
Whaley Bridge - Toddbrook Reservoir Damage
- Thread starter fossyant
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Problem is it keep's changing not helped by fools who keep building on floodplains. 300+ are going up at the back of us who will face a big problem if this extreme weather keeps going.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
For those who think this is a laughing matter here is what the town looks like
I'm sure it's unlikely the dam will fail, but if it did you can see the result would be catastrophic
I'm sure it's unlikely the dam will fail, but if it did you can see the result would be catastrophic
Adam4868
Guru
Scary just watching that on the news !
The dam has had a few issues over the years so it may well be an issue to the rest of it. The other issue is that the dam overflow is already flowing full capacity.
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rualexander
Legendary Member
Not sure if it will burst.
It looks like just some of the concrete facing of the spillway has come away, presumably the bulk of the dam structure is still intact, is it a fully concrete dam or is it mostly earthworks?
Looks like it is maybe an 'embankment dam' https://britishdams.org/about-dams/dam-information/types-of-dam/
It looks like just some of the concrete facing of the spillway has come away, presumably the bulk of the dam structure is still intact, is it a fully concrete dam or is it mostly earthworks?
Looks like it is maybe an 'embankment dam' https://britishdams.org/about-dams/dam-information/types-of-dam/
Globalti
Legendary Member
We actually live a couple of miles downstream from a dam and the brook runs under our house in a culvert. A few years ago I had a bloke down there doing some re-pointing and maintenance and he asked me: "Does this ever flood?" I replied that it never did in dry weather. I went to work and an hour later Mrs Gti phoned me and said: "You'll never guess what - a huge wall of water came tearing down the brook and washed away all the planks and buckets and the poor man only just managed to jump to safety. Now all his equipment has gone down to the farm."
I rang United Utilities and played merry hell and eventually they admitted that they had chosen that morning, out of 365 days, to open and test the scour valve at the bottom of the dam! That turned into a long-running saga but in the end I got nowhere with them.
I rang United Utilities and played merry hell and eventually they admitted that they had chosen that morning, out of 365 days, to open and test the scour valve at the bottom of the dam! That turned into a long-running saga but in the end I got nowhere with them.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I really would NOT want to be down there if the dam failed!
Let's hope they can pump the water out of the reservoir before catastrophe strikes.
Where would you pump it to?
Probably easier to tell all consumers to turn their taps on.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
They ARE pumping the water out! Presumably they are having to dump even more into the local rivers and canals, potentially causing problems downstream?
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Its going in the Goyt, that is already full. Marple Bridge will take the brunt if it gets too full.
That will then flow into the Mersey in Stockport, and cause more flooding out towards Didsbury
That will then flow into the Mersey in Stockport, and cause more flooding out towards Didsbury
