The Peak District’s Lake District Collection
The triple chain of the Howden, Derwent and Ladybower Reservoirs, which flood the Upper Derwent Valley, represent the largest area of water in the Peak
The Derwent Dams were constructed by the Derwent Valley Water Board (now Severn-Trent) to supply fresh clean water to the fast-expanding industrial populations of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. The first two massive masonry dams constructed were the Howden and Derwent, between 1902 and 1916.
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