1975 -11 Ladybower Dam during the Drought
Taken on the 6 November 1975. The water level is low but expectation was that winter rains would fill up the reservoir. Low winter rainfall followed by another…
1975 -11 Ladybower Overflow during the Drought
Photo taken 6 Nov 1975
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
General view taken from near the dam
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Ladybower Embankments
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Ladybower Control towers and low water level
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Stone pitching, control tower and upper outlet pipe. Other outlet pipes would be below the water level shown here.
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Low water level relative to the Ashopton Viaduct.
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Low water under the Ladybower Viaduct
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Low water level under Ladybower viaduct
Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Ladybower Dam wall and mudbanks exposed by low water. On the left is the overflow bel mouth weir.
1975 11 Ladybower Reservoir during the Drought
Looking South from the Ladybower Viaduct towards the Dam wall of Ladybower reservoir
1976 01 The Drought at Ladybower
Photo taken January 1976 - The water level is a long way down on the draw off tower.
2020 Ladybower Reservoir
From WIKI: Ladybower Reservoir was built between 1935 and 1943 by the Derwent Valley Water Board to supplement the other two reservoirs in supplying the water…
2020 Ladybower Reservoir
Derwent Valley Aqueducts cross Ladybower to carry water to Bamford Treatment Works
2020 Ladybower Reservoir
Looking South
