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  Deanhead Reservoir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'Deanhead Reservoir' is located near the head of the Blackburn Valley in the area of West Yorkshire known as Scammonden.
Both of these reservoirs are to be found to the west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.
During the drought of 1995, when the water level was so low that the dam was almost empty, outlines of the foundations of the houses that made up this part of the community could be seen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deanhead_Reservoir   (324 words)

  
 Huddersfield One - Tolson Museum Booklets - History of the Huddersfield Water Supplies - Waterworks Commissioners, ...
This reservoir, unlike all others belonging to the Corporation, is in the Calder drainage, on the tributary Black Burne Brook in the Deanhead Valley.
In 1838 an Act of Parliament was passed authorizing the Deanhead Commissioners to make a reservoir by constructing an embankment across the Black Burne Brook for the purpose of supplying water to the mills of the Blackburn Valley.
The water from Deanhead Reservoir is conveyed by a pipe line to a Filter Station at Hill Top, Lindley, where three filter shells were installed and commenced working in December, 1922.
huddersfield1.co.uk /huddersfield/tolson/water_supplies/deanhead.htm   (359 words)

  
 BBC - Bradford and West Yorkshire - 360º -
The reservoir can just be seen in the above image which was taken in the picnic area at the far end from the dam.
A path up to the left takes visitors to the hamlet of Deanhead, part of which now lies under the reservoir.
The circular walk around the reservoir is a popular weekend outing for Huddersfield people.
www.bbc.co.uk /bradford/360/version2_scammonden.shtml   (248 words)

  
 Huddersfield One - Tolson Museum Booklets - History of the Huddersfield Water Supplies - Rainfall
Thus we have a high, wet, cold zone to the west and a low-lying, drier and warmer zone to the east; between the two are the spurs and foothills which have an immediate temperature and rainfall ; factors which play an important part in the distribution and activities of the life of the district.
This high, wet region (the site of our reservoirs) is an important catchment area providing, both in quality and quantity, a supply of water suitable for the needs of a large section of the industrial population of south-west Yorkshire.
Recently (1913) by taking over the reservoir at Deanhead, we have invaded the drainage area of the Calder, with which the Colne unites at Cooper Bridge on the eastern edge of the Borough boundary.
huddersfield1.co.uk /huddersfield/tolson/water_supplies/rainfall.htm   (544 words)

  
 Huddersfield Scout Sailing - Home
After allowing for the compensation water and the yield of the Deanhead Reservoir (which was built in 1840) the amount of water available to Scammonden Water is 27 mld.
The area of the water surface when the reservoir is full is 42 hectares.
The entrance to the Bradshaw Tunnel is concealed under the water at the stream end of the reservoir and is only visible when the water level falls.
www.scammonden.org.uk /hss/modules/content/index.php?id=5   (307 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: West Yorkshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Saltaire mills from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Saltaire is the name of a town in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Scammonden was a village close to Huddersfield, England, before it was flooded in the 1960s as part of the creation of the New Scammonden Dam Reservoir.
A Local Nature Reserve or LNR is a statutory designation in England made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 by principal local authorities.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Yorkshire   (4891 words)

  
 Lancashire (lancashire info)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This play requires intraformational mudstone seal units to be present, as there is no top-seal for reservoirs subcropping the regional base Permian unconformity in the east of the basin, and Carboniferous strata crop out at the sea bed in the west.
As in the East Irish Sea Basin, the principal target reservoir is the Lower Triassic, Sherwood Sandstone, top-sealed by younger Triassic mudstones and evaporites.
Wells in the Irish Sector to the west have demonstrated that pre-rift, Westphalian coal measures are excellent hydrocarbon source rocks, and are at peak maturity for gas generation (Maddox et al., 1995).
santon.erdzeitalter.de.wikimiki.info /en/Lancashire   (9933 words)

  
 SURVEYORS
In due course the opportunities in the expanding town of Huddersfield must have attracted him for in 1837 he is recorded with offices in King Street.
Additionally when one of the Commissioners for the Longwood and Deanhead Enclosure died he was appointed to the post.
Also I surveyed and planned the land part of Littleboro estate taken to the use of the canal and reservoir and settled the amount with the Commissioners there.
homepage.eircom.net /~lawedd/SURVEYORS.htm   (4251 words)

  
 Black Mount Bugle On-Line : Number 60   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We have written to Strathclyde Passenger Transport to request improvements to the Ring and Ride Bus to allow people to plan such things as medical appointments.
Secondly, we were told by Scottish Water in June that they planned to change the water supply for Dolphinton and Elsrickle from the springs on the Black Mount to a chlorinated supply from Roseberry Reservoir in Midlothian.
We are continuing to lobby Scottish Water and have invoked the help of the Water Commissioner for Scotland and the Water Customers' Panel to assist us.
www.blackmount.fsnet.co.uk /bugle60.html   (3688 words)

  
 West Yorkshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Official website of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire (West Riding) under the United Grand Lodge of England.
Dinghy and sailboard racing located in West Yorkshire at Wintersett Reservoir.
The club supports and promotes dinghies in four fleets.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=West_Yorkshire   (1613 words)

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