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Reservoir in West Yorkshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deanhead Reservoir is a reservoir near Scammonden, in the metropolitan district of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.
Deanhead Reservoir | |
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Location | Kirklees, West Yorkshire |
Coordinates | 53°37′58″N 1°56′39″W |
Lake type | reservoir |
Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Surface area | 6.7 hectares (17 acres)[1] |
Surface elevation | 988 feet (301 m) |
It is named after Dean Head, a village that was mostly submerged during construction of the dam. Construction started in 1838 and it opened a year later, almost 140 years before Scammonden Reservoir (its downstream neighbour) was opened in 1971.[2][3] Water flowing out of Deanhead forms Black Burne Brook which now feeds into Scammonden Water.[4] Deanhead reservoir was originally constructed to supply water to the factories in the Blackburn Valley that was downstream of the reservoir.[5] During the 1995 drought, the outlines of foundations of buildings in the village were visible.
Deanhead also is the name of a Pennine pass to the south of the reservoir, which carries the A640 from Huddersfield to Denshaw, following the course of a Roman road.
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