No, it was sheer incompetence on the part of the engineers and builders .... nothing changes
We nearly had something similar last year when the old Ulley reservoir between Sheffield and Rotherham came under severe strain:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...dy_1917484.pdf
I suppose we should expect more such events in the future?
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Originally Posted by goosey
I see that on this day 11th March 1864 The Bradford Reservoir near Sheffield (UK) bursts its banks killing 250 people. I wonder if they were haveing the same sort of wild weather conditions then as Britain (and Holland ) is having now? |
PS: I should say that South Yorks and the north Midlands seems to be the exception to the rule - lovely warm,still, sunny day with just the occasional light shower ....