Dale Dike Reservoir
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Dale Dike Reservoir or Dale Dyke Reservoir (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) is a reservoir in the north-east Peak District, in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, a mile (1.6 km) west of Bradfield and Script error: No such module "convert". from the centre of Sheffield, on the Dale Dike, a tributary of the River Loxley.
Along with three other reservoirs around the village of Bradfield – Agden, Damflask and Strines – it was constructed between 1859 and 1864 by the Sheffield Waterworks Company to guarantee a supply of water to power the mills downstream and to supply drinking water to the growing population of Sheffield.[1] The architect was John Gunson.[2]
Great Sheffield Flood
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The original dam was constructed to a height of Script error: No such module "convert". by John Towlerton Leather, and was completed by April 1863.Template:Sfn The dam head had a puddle clay core and had a max volume of Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn Filling took place soon after, and by 10 March 1864, the water level was Script error: No such module "convert". below the crest of the dam.Template:Sfn
At 23:30 on 11 March 1864, the day after the reservoir was finally full, the newly built dam failed.Template:Sfn Over Script error: No such module "convert". of water cascaded down the valley causing the Great Sheffield Flood, which caused massive damage downstream along the Loxley and Don and through the centre of Sheffield, destroying over 5,000 properties and killing 244 people.[3][4][5]
The new dam
The dam was rebuilt in 1875, some Script error: No such module "convert". upstream of the previous dam head,Template:Sfn and is still in use, holding Script error: No such module "convert". of water, now used exclusively for domestic purposes.[6][7] It is owned by Yorkshire Water, part of the Kelda Group.[8]
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