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Stanley Moor Reservoir, just on the Derbyshire side of the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border has been decommissioned for some years now. Built over the fault which is the junction between the limestone and gritstone it always leaked, so was not the most successful of reservoirs. The dam wall was breached in line with EU regs.
Photo 1. Long view from the main road:
Photo 2. Closer view from main road:
Photo 3. View of breach:
Photo 4. View from the north east corner:
Photo 5. Taken from inside the breach:
Photo 6. The breach:
Photo 7. There is still water running into the reservoir....
Photo 8. ...exiting here along the right channel. The left channel is from point D:
Photo 9. Not quite sure what this is, it's on the left side of the right channel:
Photo 10. The channel from point D just above the junction in Photo 7:
Photo 11. Following the channel, it comes down this chute....:
Photo 12. ...from this point where it emerges from underground:
Photo 13. Point A. I assume this to be an overflow spillway...
Photo 14. ...which follows the embankment until it finally disappears underground at point C:
Photo 15.
Photo 16.
Photo 17.
Photo 18.
To re-emerge at Point D.
Photo 1. Long view from the main road:
Photo 2. Closer view from main road:
Photo 3. View of breach:
Photo 4. View from the north east corner:
Photo 5. Taken from inside the breach:
Photo 6. The breach:
Photo 7. There is still water running into the reservoir....
Photo 8. ...exiting here along the right channel. The left channel is from point D:
Photo 9. Not quite sure what this is, it's on the left side of the right channel:
Photo 10. The channel from point D just above the junction in Photo 7:
Photo 11. Following the channel, it comes down this chute....:
Photo 12. ...from this point where it emerges from underground:
Photo 13. Point A. I assume this to be an overflow spillway...
Photo 14. ...which follows the embankment until it finally disappears underground at point C:
Photo 15.
Photo 16.
Photo 17.
Photo 18.
To re-emerge at Point D.
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