The Building of the Leeds Infrastructure

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Wed 22 Feb, 2012 9:56 pm

bigpants wrote: We visited the washburn valley reservoirs as a school trip in the early 80's. My memory isnt great but i do remember that the concrete channel at the outflow of the dam is called "the stilling pool." I found this a strange and somehow chilling name. Would make a good film title methinks http://www.expertglossary.com/water/def ... olStilling pool:A pool located below a spillway, gate, or valve into which the discharge dissipates energy to avoid downstream channel degradation. Every day is a school day on here!

bigpants · Post by **bigpants** » Wed 22 Feb, 2012 10:24 pm

raveydavey wrote: bigpants wrote: We visited the washburn valley reservoirs as a school trip in the early 80's. My memory isnt great but i do remember that the concrete channel at the outflow of the dam is called "the stilling pool." I found this a strange and somehow chilling name. Would make a good film title methinks http://www.expertglossary.com/water/def ... olStilling pool:A pool located below a spillway, gate, or valve into which the discharge dissipates energy to avoid downstream channel degradation. Every day is a school day on here! Cheers for that. The best thing is i didnt imagine it!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 23 Feb, 2012 9:25 am

BigpantsThat was the first concrete bit they constructed, ie before the Dam. [dead link]

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 13 May, 2012 8:19 pm

BlakeyWith all this talk of water shortages I did Blubberhouses to ThrusC Dam walk today (following the 2 well engineered mill races which used to feed the big mill at Blubberhouses).[dead link]Anyway, the dam is nicely full with 'white sheet' overflow on the middle and outer sections.How's your cine getting on?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 13 May, 2012 11:09 pm

Jogon wrote: BlakeyHow's your cine getting on? Hi Jogon - well actually its not cine, its a camera sized VHS cassette. I think I shall be able to put it onto a DVD with the aid of my wonderful Toshiba VHS to DISC or vice verca machine. I really must get down to it as a member on here kindly undertook to put it on you tube if I do. As far as I recall its around twenty odd minutes so I'll split it into two - I believe that ten minutes is the maximum per item on you tube - all new to me. Please don't expect too much - its really amateur - but there are some good views of the village when the dam was almost totally dry in 1995.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Sat 02 Jun, 2012 12:42 am

BLAKEY wrote: Jogon wrote: BlakeyHow's your cine getting on? Hi Jogon - well actually its not cine, its a camera sized VHS cassette. I think I shall be able to put it onto a DVD with the aid of my wonderful Toshiba VHS to DISC or vice verca machine. I really must get down to it as a member on here kindly undertook to put it on you tube if I do. As far as I recall its around twenty odd minutes so I'll split it into two - I believe that ten minutes is the maximum per item on you tube - all new to me. Please don't expect too much - its really amateur - but there are some good views of the village when the dam was almost totally dry in 1995. Dear Blakey. Please hurry and put Jogon out of his never ending misery. Thank you

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 02 Jun, 2012 11:25 am

Blakey - you just chillax luv. Sounds a right techie job.Heard elsewhere you're on a (scuse pun) Busman's Holiday.Here's a 'low tide' pic [dead link]view of Capelshaw Beck inflow http://goo.gl/maps/UV3g (road to the left used to cross).

HelenG · Post by **HelenG** » Sat 02 Jun, 2012 7:59 pm

Jogon wrote: BlakeyWith all this talk of water shortages I did Blubberhouses to ThrusC Dam walk today (following the 2 well engineered mill races which used to feed the big mill at Blubberhouses).Anyway, the dam is nicely full with 'white sheet' overflow on the middle and outer sections.How's your cine getting on? During my family research I have discovered that my Gt (several times) grandmother was sent from Whitechapel in London as a pauper apprentice to work in the big flax mill at Blubberhouses which was run using a child labour, must have been dreadfull.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 02 Jun, 2012 8:09 pm

helenThere is actually a lot for you still to see there. The mill was roughly to the rear of the current cricket club (sorry - if you already know and have all this say and I'll edit/delete).Walking the outflow valley from Thruscross reservour, two leats run off - clearly visible and with good paths along side. One runs to the farm, the lower one has a tree line.

HelenG · Post by **HelenG** » Sat 02 Jun, 2012 9:08 pm

Thanx Jogon, been meaning to have a wander round there and see if anything was left of the mill, I've seen pictures of it and it was a big place, hard to imagine what life must have been like for the poor little mites enslaved in there.