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unusual facts about Ladybower Reservoir


Ladybower Reservoir

Materials were brought to the site on the Derwent Valley Water Board's own branch line and their sidings off the main line in the Hope Valley.


River Noe

This was constructed to provide additional inflows for Ladybower Reservoir by the Derwent Valley Water Board.


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River Ashop

The flow of the Alport is partially diverted by a weir to feed into the Ashop above the impound weir built in the 1920s to increase the catchment area of the Derwent Reservoir prior to the building of the Ladybower Reservoir downstream.