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2015.02.15 - ** Fairholmes, Lockerbrook, Rowlee Pasture, Alport Castles, Westend Howden Reservoir, Upper Derwent Reservoir, Fairholmes - Sunday

 
 
canal (and tunnel) apparently taking water from River Ashop into Upper Derwent Reservoir
 
Lockerbrook Outdoor Centre
 
 
 
near Alport Castles
part of Alport Castles
Drystone Wall near Alport Castles - turned NE here on track down towards Westend of Howden Reservoir
The Tower
Howden Reservoir
Birchenlee Village, 1902 to 1916 - housed workmen and families working on both the Howden & Derwent gravity dams - plaque erected by Severn Trent Water
view back to Howden Reservoir
cross section of Derwent Dam - gravity dam. Notice erected by Peak District National Parks Authority & Severn Trent Water
Derwent Dam

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