Image Archive 2
A Winter Wonderland descends on the Broomhead Reservoir - 6319+321+329+333
A week of cold, biting weather from the north-east, the system in the guise of the so-called, 'Beast from the East' which was then followed by a con-joining with 'Snow Storm Emma', to add insult to injury around 10 days ago. This all made for a very photogenic landscape in the Peak District and some of the results of the 'cold snap' are shown here, where icicles have formed on treen branches, hanging over the shallow waters of Broomhead Reservoir. This is the second of the five reservoirs along the Upper Don Valley towards Stocksbridge, the others being Morehall, below Broomhead, and to the west of Stocksbridge, connected by the Porter or Little Don River, Underbank, Midhope and Langsett. The southern two reservoirs, Morehall and Broomhead are connected by the Ewden Beck which flows into the River Don, flowing underneath the main road, the A6102, Manchester Road, at Morehall Bridge. This is around 400m away from the section of the old Woodhead line which passes northwards hear through Wharncliffe Woods heading for the exchange sidings at Ellen Wood, just north-west of Deepcar. A railway line also turned off the main line to the east of Morehall Bridge and carried building materials for the two reservoirs when they were being constructed during the early 1900s. The railway was known as the 'Sheffield Corporation Railway' as it was they who built these reservoirs, materials being taken in and out by this fairly steeply-graded line; the bank on which the railway once ran, can still be seen on the south side of the road which rises up to the embankment retaining wall and car park. Any signs of the tracks in the land at the side of the main road have now completely gone but, the bridge over the River Don, which the Corporation Railway once ran, is still in situ, though showing signs of wear-and-tear... some information about the reservoirs-
'... the two reservoirs, Broomhead and Moorhall, provide water for the Sheffield area and make up water for the river Don, they greatly enhance the beauty of the surrounding countryside. In 1929 a local newspaper reported the opening of the Broomhead and Morehall reservoirs in the Valley by the Sheffield Corporation. They were opened by the then Minister of Health Mister Arthur Greenwood M.P. and the reported total capacity of the two reservoirs was 1,618 million gallons of water... in addition-
'...also supposed that there was a bridge at this place, it being a common way from Bolsterstone to Bradfield, Sheffield, and other places. The old bridge was of wood, much decayed, and a new stone bridge was built over the Ewden by one, Benjamin Milns, in 1734, at the charge of the inhabitants of Bolsterstone, for which purpose twenty lays were collected in the Lordship... in 1925 the bridge was dismantled, stone by stone, prior to the reservoir being filled, later in 1929 it was rebuilt in Glen Howe Park at Wharncliffe Side, where it can still be seen today...'
As to the views shown here, I will quote from a picture regarding the wintry conditions on the Chesterfield Canal, posted here around the same time of year, on February 9th, 2012, 6 years ago, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/6864399617/
'...As an antidote to the cold weather, beautiful fairy-tale like scenery prevailed on the Chesterfield canal a few days ago. This is another shot taken during the walk to capture some freight traction at Kiveton. In a quietness hard to describe in these times, which only the falls of snow can bring, this shot shows the water at the 1st of the 'Thorpe Top Locks'. A combination of moving water (from the over-flow at right and the lock chamber) has conspired to produce a large disk of frozen water where the flow is stationary. A quiet, dreamy landscape surrounds the distant sound of the rumble of an EWS or Freightliner making its way up from West Burton back to the 'coal fields' around Doncaster...'
think it says it all.
A Winter Wonderland descends on the Broomhead Reservoir - 6319+321+329+333
A week of cold, biting weather from the north-east, the system in the guise of the so-called, 'Beast from the East' which was then followed by a con-joining with 'Snow Storm Emma', to add insult to injury around 10 days ago. This all made for a very photogenic landscape in the Peak District and some of the results of the 'cold snap' are shown here, where icicles have formed on treen branches, hanging over the shallow waters of Broomhead Reservoir. This is the second of the five reservoirs along the Upper Don Valley towards Stocksbridge, the others being Morehall, below Broomhead, and to the west of Stocksbridge, connected by the Porter or Little Don River, Underbank, Midhope and Langsett. The southern two reservoirs, Morehall and Broomhead are connected by the Ewden Beck which flows into the River Don, flowing underneath the main road, the A6102, Manchester Road, at Morehall Bridge. This is around 400m away from the section of the old Woodhead line which passes northwards hear through Wharncliffe Woods heading for the exchange sidings at Ellen Wood, just north-west of Deepcar. A railway line also turned off the main line to the east of Morehall Bridge and carried building materials for the two reservoirs when they were being constructed during the early 1900s. The railway was known as the 'Sheffield Corporation Railway' as it was they who built these reservoirs, materials being taken in and out by this fairly steeply-graded line; the bank on which the railway once ran, can still be seen on the south side of the road which rises up to the embankment retaining wall and car park. Any signs of the tracks in the land at the side of the main road have now completely gone but, the bridge over the River Don, which the Corporation Railway once ran, is still in situ, though showing signs of wear-and-tear... some information about the reservoirs-
'... the two reservoirs, Broomhead and Moorhall, provide water for the Sheffield area and make up water for the river Don, they greatly enhance the beauty of the surrounding countryside. In 1929 a local newspaper reported the opening of the Broomhead and Morehall reservoirs in the Valley by the Sheffield Corporation. They were opened by the then Minister of Health Mister Arthur Greenwood M.P. and the reported total capacity of the two reservoirs was 1,618 million gallons of water... in addition-
'...also supposed that there was a bridge at this place, it being a common way from Bolsterstone to Bradfield, Sheffield, and other places. The old bridge was of wood, much decayed, and a new stone bridge was built over the Ewden by one, Benjamin Milns, in 1734, at the charge of the inhabitants of Bolsterstone, for which purpose twenty lays were collected in the Lordship... in 1925 the bridge was dismantled, stone by stone, prior to the reservoir being filled, later in 1929 it was rebuilt in Glen Howe Park at Wharncliffe Side, where it can still be seen today...'
As to the views shown here, I will quote from a picture regarding the wintry conditions on the Chesterfield Canal, posted here around the same time of year, on February 9th, 2012, 6 years ago, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/6864399617/
'...As an antidote to the cold weather, beautiful fairy-tale like scenery prevailed on the Chesterfield canal a few days ago. This is another shot taken during the walk to capture some freight traction at Kiveton. In a quietness hard to describe in these times, which only the falls of snow can bring, this shot shows the water at the 1st of the 'Thorpe Top Locks'. A combination of moving water (from the over-flow at right and the lock chamber) has conspired to produce a large disk of frozen water where the flow is stationary. A quiet, dreamy landscape surrounds the distant sound of the rumble of an EWS or Freightliner making its way up from West Burton back to the 'coal fields' around Doncaster...'
think it says it all.