The Building of the Leeds Infrastructure

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 29 Dec, 2011 12:16 am

THRUSCROSS DAMThe dam was built circa 1961 - 1966.Sadly there is very little archive footage of it's construction, and to my knowledge no time-lapse film of it.Does anyone have any shots from the time and even better time-lapse films of it being built?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Thu 29 Dec, 2011 9:55 am

No pictures of the construction I'm afraid - but I was coach driving at the time, and took the very first load of Workmen from the Labour Exchange in Bridge Street to join the Firm in 1961 when it began. By the time we got there through the beautiful stunning countryside I think they were beginning to wonder where on Earth I was taking them The first process was to prepare the ancient village of West End to disappear under the eventual water - the most poignant thing being the exhuming of all the deceased from the Churchyard and their reburial in a new cemetery near the Stonehouse Inn. These were fascinating and dramatic times.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 29 Dec, 2011 10:12 am

Blakey Thank's that is the first best 1st hand info to date.So they weren't re-buried at the 'new' West End Church, now the outdoor centre? Help please anyone?

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 31 Dec, 2011 7:17 pm

After much dicussion, this thread is reopened and renamed to allow it to develop, hopefully to include a wider range of projects which have played an important part in the formation of the city's basic infrastrucure and thus, development. Some good stuff could come from this - let's see what develops

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Sat 31 Dec, 2011 7:42 pm

Hi everyone,Most towns and cities were built upon rivers, and canals developed later. I have had this site in my Bookmarks for a few years and I don't know where I got it from, it may have been on Secret Leeds:http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/index.htmPersonally, I don't have any real interest in canals but there are some good photographs on this site of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Aire and Calder Canal in and around Leeds, which may be of interest to some members as these waterways are part of the 'fabric' of Leeds.Ian

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sun 01 Jan, 2012 1:02 pm

This has been linked to before on here but for completeness it's here again. It's a very good histroy of the developments of the sewerage system and sewage treatment.http://homepage.ntlworld.com/magavelda/ ... ch1.htmThe Thackray medical museum also has a good section on sanitation and a dramatic graph showing the reduction in mortality rates following the introduction of water treatment and sanitation.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sun 01 Jan, 2012 2:02 pm

Not much on here either > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thruscross ... irAlthough this is a good pic > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thruscross_Dam.jpg

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 10:57 pm

Any yorks water S.L. folk who could put in a word for me?Thruscross DamConstruction of Archive Photos of

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 11:06 pm

i can have a look but I wouldn't hold your breath. Several reorganisations have lost so much material it's criminal.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Thu 05 Jan, 2012 11:14 pm

Jogon wrote: Blakey So they weren't re-buried at the 'new' West End Church, now the outdoor centre? Help please anyone? I didn't know that there was a new West End Church Jogon, but they are re-interred in the specially prepared plot which adjoins the Pateley Bridge road - if you go past the Stonehouse Inn on your right, cross the Thruscross junction, and look then on the right you can see the new place.By the way, the construction company for the reservoir was Holland Hannen and Cubitts - known more recently I believe as simply Cubitts - who I believe are massive civil engineers with a wealth of such experience.