This 100 year old Dam is vital for Derwent Reservoir! Can i find it?
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This 100 year old Dam is vital for Derwent Reservoir! Can i find it? #derwent #reservoir #dam
North of Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District there is another small dam hiding in the hillside. You may or may not have seen this from the A57 heading towards Glossop.
The Ashop Diversion Weir, built in 1920 and used to divert a flow of water from the River Ashop all the way over to be deposited into Derwent Reservoir.
In this video i walk beyond Ladybower Reservoir in search of this, as well as finding evidence of other parts of the water transfer schemes in the area.
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TV quality production, amazing video and loved the drone footage. We walked the same route last year, fascinating stuff as ever. Amazing scenery and history combined in a great presentation.
Thanks very much indeed. So so Very kind
DVWB 1950. Derwent Valley Water Board. Created in 1899 to supply the cities of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield AND the county of Derbyshire . Dissolved in 1974. Responsibilities transferred to Severn Trent Water Authority.
Excellent video Ant. The history is fascinating. We all take water for granted. But someone planned and built all those things.
Ahh, so that's what the sign stands for, never heard of them before now.
This place really does keep on giving. You love it here and we love going along with you. Funny how you commented on the "dinosaur" trees ...they had certainly caught my eye 😂. Another amazing video Ant, thank you.
Thanks so much as always. Very kind I'm glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely enthralling. There is so much I bever knew. I really hope you find some more areas to navigate Ant. Another brilliant video. Thanks for sharing.
Brilliantly narrated. Just gorgeous
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you 😊
Fascinating video, I know it’s not the proper name for the lattice bridge but when I was a kid me and my mum used to walk there, we christened it Bert’s bridge in honour of a gentleman called Bert that my Mum knew, he leant her the key to the access gate, he used to fish for Trout at that badge, there’s a easily missed access track from the A57 to that bridge.
If I’m not mistaken that concrete retaining wall at around 18.30 is a kind of overflow weir if that steel grid gets blocked with debris, it drops down into the river Ashop 👍
Nothing like having a vid with great drone work. The countryside is beautiful, so green and lush with a blue sky with a large mix of clouds. Your enthusiasm shows through your narration.
Visited this area last weekend and found the first open section of the diversion channel. Managed to get down in to it and walk upstream to where it goes back under cover. There was very little flow and apart from the section near where it comes out of the culvert tunnel, it was only about 6 inches deep and flat as a pancake. Perfect on the hot day we had, although my calves have been aching for the few days since! I would love to see it in full flow.
10:50 : Yes, an interesting structure.
8:36 That Bridge probably had pipes running over it.
Another quality video, thanks for posting 👍👍
Thanks very much Steve
Apparently in the news there was a feasibility survey done by Severn trent to see if more water could be collected at Ladybower/ Derwent. Scary thought!! Great video. This area is one of my favourites 🙂
That sounds more like "how much bigger can they make the dam". That would mean more of our scenic beauty being flooded, should stop letting too many people in to our tiny country then there'd be no need to expand the dam.
Fabulous show Ant. I like how you actively explore. I love old water workings. 💯
Glad you enjoyed it Joseph thank you
At 28:10 you said that you'd put how far you had walked. I didn't see anything, but whatever it was , well done Ant. I can't do those sort of miles anymore, but thank you for doing them for us and showing us the interesting stuff and the wonderful views that we would see if we were there, and even better, with the drone images we get to see stuff from angles that only the birds would see. Cheers
At a guess, I'd say approx 12 miles round trip, about 16.5km or there abouts.
Strange is the concept of time. The feed from Edale was 1950, Ladybower was opened during the war 1945. My uncle had to leave in 1936. The river dam was 1920. The Derwent and Howden dams 1914. part of the track you used was Roman (Hope to Glossop), The ground below the river dam is a terminal glacial moraine from the ice ages.(that is why the road keeps getting washed away.) The stone cylinder would be a 'breather' for the underlying pipe again from the Edale pipe. The weir on the open channel is if they are too slow in opening the sluices on the 1920 dam. A heavy thunder storm or fast snow melt would change the water flow in less then an hour.
14:25 : Yes, that is very interesting.
I like your determination and enthusiasm in every video you do. The drone footage was awesome as usual.
Very kind Cathy thank you 🙂
A grand adventure, Ant, have you looked at the Longdendale Valley? Loads of stuff right up your street, from the Woodhead Tunnel vent shafts, the old railway and maggot farm and the old water catchment infrastructure all over the valley.
There's a journey to be made from the Yorkshire end of Woodhead Tunnel through to Mottram water tunnel from Tintwistle to Hyde.
Thanks very much Ian I shall have a look this evening as I think I am finishing off in this area now
Thanks for another fantastic video Ant. The quality gets better and better!
Thanks very much Ruth very kind
That 1st weir may be a spillway for when that channel is running at maximum capacity. Enjoyable video.
Yes an absolute last resort. Would be interesting to see
I was up there a couple of years ago & went wild swimming in the Ashop just below Hagg Farm. In river bed i found a number of lengths of narrow gauge rail. I was wondering where a contractors railway might have been & what it was used for & with the open channel aquaduct up the hill, that's probably the answer.
Fantastic video, resl quality.
That bridge with the sleepers down the side seems to appear on maps about 1920. Isn't on the 1900s map
I have driven over the Snake Pass many many times and often wondered what that construction I could see was actually for. Now I know, thank you so much.
Glad to help Peter thank you for watching 😊
Same with me, never even saw anything there at all until I watched this video
Another amazing video thank you
Thanks very much John ☺️
Another fantastic production, I bet there's so much more!, I wonder if the sluce gates open when river is in flood?
I'd probably like to have a look after a few weeks rain in the winter months. Thank you for watching 😌
Another great video Ant,it would be worth coming back to the Ashop diversion weir in the late winter when the meltwater is flowing in to the Ashop and take a look at the water flow at the weir. Also if you are on the area show the outfall of the Ashop diversion where it comes through the hillside and emerges in to the open culvert on the west side of the Derwent valley and deposits in to Derwent reservoir. Fascinating area to explore around Ladybower.
It's definitely worth a return visit in the winter isn't it? And to see how deep the river Alport diversion gets
This was pretty fascinating. Another great vid. Keep them coming 👍
Thanks so very much :)
Cheers Ant! I've walked on Kinder many a time but seldom explored the Ladybower area. Too damn old now, so you're doing the walking for me. Good lad!
Fantastic. What an amazing explore. Scenery and weather beautiful. Filming second to none. Thank you Ant. Another masterpiece
Thanks very much Shirley very kind
What a great, interesting video. I live only 20 miles away from this dam and I never knew any of these bridges and mini dams ever existed, it's the first time I've ever seen that side of the dam, only been on the snake pass road. Photography is beautiful, keep them coming.
What an exhausting hike I may need a nap,😂. Really enjoyed that. Love how excited you get over your finds, just love your videos. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care
Fascinating! Thank you for another great video.
Thanks very much Jim
Great photography and story - thanks for putting it all together. I may be wrong but I remember on a trip to Papplewick Pumping Station there was a plan/map on the wall showing all the service connections for this megga water complex.
Many thanks Ant, another beautiful and fascinating video. Take care.
Glad you enjoyed it Christine thank you 😄
Well done Ant. Brilliant work.
Thanks very much Gary
Amazing drone photage. Incredable how it was constructed all those years ago.
Very kind Patricia thank you 🙂
Another enjoyable video with some lovely scenery and amazing finds.All the best.
Thanks very much Tim. Very kind
As usual a top class video from you again, Ant! I drove nearby there the other week. Fab views!! So glad it's almost at capacity after last year!
Glad you enjoyed it Leanne as always. You should go and have a wander
Thanks very much for another extremely interesting video. I didn't think that there was much more to discover in the area, but there is. If it's there you will find it.
Thanks very much Roy. Glad you enjoyed it. Back to Scarborough next week 😉
Great piece of exploration amidst magnificent scenary. Gradually, some of the reservoir's secrets are being revealed. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks very much Malcolm I hope I find more to go back for
Another great tour with you on foot. Mystic frontiers to search. The water system seems complicated but useful overall. Hope you are well and not confined on your journeys. Always a great tour with you. Thank you and enjoy the weekend ahead. Cheers Ant! 😊
Thanks very much Martin you too. I think this might conclude this area unless I can get inside the tunnel
@@TrekkingExploration What ever you can do, is great. If you cannot get in the tunnel, maybe in future you can, and pickup where you left off.
Some heavy duty construction there. I'm sure you're right about the narrow gauge Railway. Great video Ant
It does look like a railway design. Thanks very much for watching
Another interesting Video. I am amazed at how few people you come across on your travels. Can't avoid people where I live..
It's quite nice being in such isolated area plus I usually get up and go very early
Yep - defo your questions than answers Ant!!! Looks very exciting aswell - thanks for sharing 😎🚂🚂🚂
Thanks for watching as always 😊
@@TrekkingExploration The reason why I always like to leave a comment is b/c I think it is rude to watch someone video without leaving a comment + you know that I have watched your video & you get to know tour viewer!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂
Absolute legend top man yet another quality video keep them coming top drawer 👍
Very kind Andrew thank you so much
Brilliant, thank you!
Thanks very much Angela ☺️
50years from now the starship voyager will miscalculate landing in mirfield.end up in the ladybower range ,patrick stewart will alight and say ah there goes ant stands where no man went 100years before him.
Ha ha ha ha ha that's funny
What you thought was a disused weir i think are just a support wall for the channel to run down.
The concrete enforcement wall looked to have been also made to incase of flooding giving it a flow down into the river..
That all i can think of....
I also thought that but for two reasons. Why just there and secondly either end of the ramp section the concrete wall drops a few inches
I wonder if the abandoned weir was constructed to divert the water whilst the tunnel was being built?
You can keep your TV shows on a Saturday night, I much prefer watching your videos.
Very kind Elaine thank you. It's probably worth a return visit after a few weeks of rain
Of course you can, I have every faith in your seeking out skills👍👍👍
I'll try my best 😉
Highest standard as usual. Have you had a look at the Elan Valley? Apart from the reservoirs and current dams you can get to the Nant Y Gro dam with the breach where Barnes Wallis tested his Dambusters theory on a real dam which held back one million gallons of water.
Very very interesting thankyou mate 👍🏻🤓
Thanks very much Neil
I really enjoyed that video, very interesting. isnt there a disued reservoir somewhere in derbyshirel
Great stuff mate
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
fantastic.
Thanks very much George
brilliant as per usual
This area must have more fascinating structures than anywhere else, staggers me all the tunnelling, brick, stone and concrete work there is. I can just imagine a little narrow guage loco going over that bridge!! Nice work as usual Ant, told you you could find it😅😅😅😅😅 Any more?????
Nothing else on the radar currently unless the water drops for that tunnel 😉
@@TrekkingExploration Heatwave next week, water shortages on the way, we can always hope!!!!🌞🌞🤔🤔🤔🤔
27:46 : This was obviously generating electricity.
Have a look for a book Called walls across the valley it's all about Derwent valley dams construction out of print now maybe in library
Could the weir just be an overflow for the pipe in case of flooding
I think it is as that section the wall is cut lower. Its possible its never actually been used
is it a spillway
Figured out how the batteries go in yet???
they do look like a turkey dinosaur 😂
It does doesn't it 😂
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As always ... A really interesting vid, have to hit "Like" immediately, as i know it won't disappoint
Very kind thank you 🙂
@@TrekkingExploration 🤣🤣🤣Knew it would be good !! Can't work out why there were air bricks in that shaft cap??
@@dilwyn1 yes it must be very deep