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strong earth material, and then gravel to form a slope of 1 in 1 upstream and 1 in 2 downstream. The upstream would be pitched, and faced in stone. The turnpike would pass over the crest. Drinking water would be extracted by means of a tunnel from several metres below the water level, while when full, excess water would pass over the overspill or waste
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It was stated in a statutory report, under the
Reservoir Safety Act 1975, dated 12 June, that all five reservoirs could be over-topped during a Probable Maximum Flood. Woodhead as the fountainhead had the most extensive improvements, relieving the pressure on the other reservoirs. The work took place
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In 1862, a second embankment downstream of the first embankment was proposed. This took advantage of a continuous length of shale suitable for a seal. The space between the two embankments was infilled. The new puddle trench was sunk 160 ft (49 m) beneath the height of the first embankment,
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The storage level of the reservoir remained the same but the embankment crest was raised by 6.7 m (22 ft), which meant replacing the B6105 road at a higher level and on a new course. An impervious clay membrane was laid in the upstream face to provide continuity with the 1877 embankment.
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The construction of the
Woodhead Embankment was ambitious and fraught with difficulties. The embankment was to be about 90 feet (27 m) in height; it was sealed to the underlying impermeable rock by a central impermeable clay puddle core or curtain. This was supported on each side by selected
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Work started in 1848. The Heyden
Viaduct, now known as the Woodhead Bridge, was completed in 1851, and turned over to the Salters Brook turnpike road that year. The Woodhead embankment was 20 feet (6 m) from completion. Discharge valves had been supplied by Messrs Armstrong and Co, of
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This was protected with concrete matting faced in stone. The length of the overflow sill was reduced and a new concrete box section installed to throttle the flow, which was directed into the
Etherow Pool. A replacement 1,400-millimetre (55 in) diameter guard valve was installed.
288:, and an aqueduct to convey the water from Rhodeswood to the Arnfield reservoir. These acts were important, as mill owners were reliant on water to power their mills and any potential reduction of supply was opposed. The acts guaranteed a flow of 121 million gallons a week.
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60 ft (18 m) below the old riverbed, in the main through solid rock. It was filled with concrete as clay could not withstand a water head of 160 ft (49 m). The reservoir was filled in 1877.
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had been made, and ash injected under pressure in the hope it would act as a sealant. In 1858, it was concluded that this would not work; the
Etherow valley was on multiple fissures relating to a
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that was causing movement in the soft beds of shale underlying the harder rock beneath the valley. This was the cause of the landslides at
Rhodeswood, and the continual problems at Woodhead.
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408:Manchester's Water: The reservoirs in the hills
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357:List of dams and reservoirs in United Kingdom
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1153:List of dams and reservoirs in Europe
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1520:Drinking water reservoirs in England
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215:782 ft (238 m)
1201:Bosnia and Herzegovina
248:to the urban areas of
238:John Frederick Bateman
197:71 ft (22 m)
189:135 acres (55 ha)
329:The second embankment
286:Rhodeswood Reservoirs
1112:Reservoirs by volume
770:United Arab Emirates
406:Quayle, Tom (2006),
305:The first embankment
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491:Dams and reservoirs
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270:Arnfield reservoirs
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1038:Dominican Republic
852:Bosnia-Herzegovina
317:To stop the leak,
250:Greater Manchester
222:Woodhead reservoir
117:53.4936°N 1.8682°W
68:Woodhead Reservoir
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18:Woodhead reservoir
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256:Act of Parliament
242:Longdendale Chain
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1107:Tallest dams
1102:Largest dams
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185:Surface area
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1484:Isle of Man
1419:recognition
1393:Switzerland
1328:Netherlands
1002:Switzerland
942:Netherlands
806:New Zealand
784:Australasia
745:South Korea
725:Philippines
650:Afghanistan
545:Ivory Coast
386:4 September
230:Longdendale
120: /
95:Coordinates
84:Longdendale
1509:Categories
1363:San Marino
1323:Montenegro
1303:Luxembourg
1283:Kazakhstan
1186:Azerbaijan
842:Azerbaijan
796:East Timor
700:Kyrgyzstan
695:Kazakhstan
655:Azerbaijan
575:Mozambique
442:Reservoirs
363:References
234:Derbyshire
194:Max. depth
105:53°29′37″N
88:Derbyshire
1474:Gibraltar
1298:Lithuania
1069:Argentina
937:Lithuania
801:Indonesia
791:Australia
750:Sri Lanka
740:Singapore
675:Indonesia
605:Swaziland
232:in north
139:reservoir
134:Lake type
108:1°52′06″W
1494:Svalbard
1479:Guernsey
1426:Abkhazia
1378:Slovenia
1373:Slovakia
1348:Portugal
1206:Bulgaria
1089:Paraguay
1084:Colombia
987:Slovenia
982:Slovakia
962:Portugal
857:Bulgaria
765:Thailand
720:Pakistan
710:Malaysia
625:Zimbabwe
610:Tanzania
535:Ethiopia
520:Cameroon
510:Botswana
351:See also
226:Woodhead
80:Location
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1353:Romania
1313:Moldova
1271:Ireland
1266:Iceland
1261:Hungary
1251:Germany
1246:Georgia
1236:Finland
1231:Estonia
1226:Denmark
1211:Croatia
1196:Belgium
1191:Belarus
1181:Austria
1176:Armenia
1171:Andorra
1166:Albania
1012:Ukraine
967:Romania
922:Ireland
917:Iceland
912:Hungary
902:Germany
897:Georgia
887:Finland
882:Estonia
877:Denmark
862:Croatia
847:Belgium
837:Austria
832:Armenia
827:Albania
775:Vietnam
715:Myanmar
665:Georgia
585:Nigeria
580:Namibia
570:Morocco
555:Liberia
515:Burundi
319:borings
282:Torside
1489:Jersey
1431:Kosovo
1398:Turkey
1388:Sweden
1368:Serbia
1358:Russia
1343:Poland
1338:Norway
1318:Monaco
1288:Latvia
1256:Greece
1241:France
1216:Cyprus
1074:Brazil
1043:Mexico
1033:Canada
1007:Turkey
997:Sweden
977:Serbia
972:Russia
957:Poland
952:Norway
932:Latvia
907:Greece
892:France
867:Cyprus
820:Europe
760:Taiwan
730:Russia
620:Zambia
615:Uganda
590:Rwanda
560:Malawi
505:Angola
498:Africa
414:
276:. The
1464:Åland
1383:Spain
1308:Malta
1278:Italy
1079:Chile
992:Spain
927:Italy
755:Syria
690:Japan
670:India
660:China
600:Sudan
550:Kenya
540:Ghana
530:Egypt
323:fault
170:Basin
705:Laos
685:Iraq
680:Iran
643:Asia
565:Mali
412:ISBN
388:2006
299:weir
284:and
260:The
228:in
1511::
396:^
301:.
86:,
1146:e
1139:t
1132:v
483:e
476:t
469:v
453:-
390:.
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