The Scar house Dam or the Revealed sunken remains, which is best ?
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Scar house Dam and reservoir in the Yorkshire Dales was built between 1921 and 1936 to supply the City of Bradford with fresh water as it thrived during the Industrial revolution in the 19th century. The Reservoir is supplied with water by the River Nidd. This is a beautiful part of rural Britain called Nidderdale. During the summer of 2022 water levels at the reservoir have fallen. Revealing the remains of a farmhouse that is normally sunken beneath the levels of water. There is also the sunken remains of a road thet goes to nowhere. But the star of the show id the Scar house Dam. Built from local Yorkshire stone it is very beautiful and an Edwardian engineering masterpiece. We also see old pics of the Nidderdale light railway. Bradford water corporation built the Dam and reservoir and its a a great piece of architecture. This is a history of England and Britain.
Gothic music by Marcus aka The Drain Maestro czcams.com/channels/Wjg8ChLBdWti6APNJJlIjg.html Guitar music by Stevie Hind and Martin
Brill Marcus.
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So any links to the actual tunes, please. @Martin Zero . Also, I've never seen a water retention construction that's so dam beautiful! Good vid! 👍
Foster Beck Mill 1864, wheel installed 1904 for spinning twine or linen yarns and was later producing twine. Closed 1966 and turned into a large pub - Watermill Inn, popular for dances, that closed around 2005 to be converted into houses and an adjacent cottage next to the road bridge was turned into a pub (Bridge Inn). You managed a good shot, it always seems to be in the shade when I pass.
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Was that john foster who had the mohair mill in Queensbury?
Thank you - @Martin Zero maybe pin this post please?
It must be 50 years since I visited the Watermill at Foster Beck
@@robinwbarrett ok was it the same fosters who owns the mill in queensbury I was born there
I cannot wrap my head around the sheer elegance and exquisite beauty of that place. Absolutely stunning. So well documented Martin. Kudos for work so well done.
One of the best looking Dams I’ve seen. Absolutely beautiful
That spillway is absolutely stunning, would love to see its during use.
Thanks Martin. - Isn't it wonderful how far we have progressed over the last century - from beautiful masonry to ugly grey poured concrete?
Great video lads. Back in the days. The people new how to build great builds and other great things. Build to last too.
My wife’s Grandparents farmed there Scar House Farm I think it was called,from when the reservoir was just being completed to the late 1940s .I remember them talking about the village where all the workers lived ,there were shops and a cinema but it was very isolated after everybody left her grandfather lost quite a lot of sheep in the 1947 snow and her grandmother still stored tinned food under her bed years after they leftafter the experience of being snowed in for weeks
Foster Beck Waterwheel, near Pateley Bridge. It was an old mill, which was converted to a Pub and Nightclub and is now residential properties. The wheel is apparently listed...all according to Google. Great vid as ever Martin. Thanks.
Thank you for the info on the waterwheel. It's a beauty.😃👍
Shame it no longer works. I wonder how much electricity it could generate in these difficult times.
Lol not heard of that place in Ages, I actually used to live there. In the living room we had like a glass box within the wall where you could see the mechanics for the wheel itself.
Mind you the snow there was different..... when it snowed it properly snowed it was over your car bonnet. "Would ring work saying I couldn't come in" send a photo of the snow....... head to the pub 1 minute away, jobs a good'n 😁
Was absolutely picturesque that area, really miss it.
I find when you do the old map comparison to be realy helpful in visualizing things, thankyou so much for sharing this part of the world with us.
I've been over that dam, absolutely beautiful, even the pump house, like you said, why can't we have architecture like this anymore, it is pleasing to the eye and fits in so well, now it would be grey concrete. Thanks for the video, really enjoyed it 👍
They were built to last forever, now only for 30 years.
I am loving this series and the accompanying music.
Thanks 👍
Fascinating. I'm a Yank and really admire the Brits talent in masonry. Stunning. You're right; beauty should accompany function.
Amazing the location and the knowledge acquired x.
There was a medieval village that was inhabited till they built the dam , and appears more when the levels are even lower apparently
It's strange, you'd think they would of cleared all those buildings from the area before filling it of water?
Interesting.
@@Andrea-73 they knock them down to the degree you see them now. Don't bother with leveling them completely.
So I looked at the map and thought... " I can't be aarsed"... Loved this vid, loved the steam loco too,.. Gratitude to you and to those who came before us for all that is here for us to witness.
I often Cant be arsed , then Iam glad I was arsed 😀
@@MartinZero imagine all those times when you've not been arsed... " Oh What a glad fellow you might be if only you'd been. Arsed...... ". { book of David, chapter 7, paragraph 0..}
Funnily enough the Nidd Aqueduct taking water from the reservoir to Bradford passes under the railway just past the eastern end of Bolton Abbey station where you were, and also runs above ground over a bridge over Hambleton beck which you can see from the main road near the turning for the station.
My grandfather was the foreman of the gang that laid the Nidd Aqueduct. From Scar House to Chellow Heights, Bradford is approx. 30 miles and the water flows all the way under gravity with no pumping stations involved.
That spillway is amazing. It's so geometric and it shows people who have no knowledge of civil engineering how the overflow of water was managed to avoid it getting out of hand
Just found these videos, while looking for old videos of little lever locks and canal. Love them . I have a lot of catching up to do.
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My grandad was the last petson born at the village of Scar House before it was abandoned and demolished following the competition of the dam. Lovely place.
Now that autumn has started, the water level will rise again.
Beautiful steam train, nostalgia just like the dam.
Provides a good overview overlaying the cards.
As always...thanks for the trip :)
What beautiful and durable construction. Amazing and impressive dam.
Another splendid explore with the additional bonus of the steam train and the water wheel!
The dam and its infrastructure win it for me; as a computer systems engineer, semi-retired, I work on small scales. The enormous scale of this engineering fascinates me; someone had to design all this and then build it!
What a beautiful Dam.
Wow another reservoir with hidden gems exposed, some lovely architecture there, thanks for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Fantastic 20th Century gothis. What an amazing dam. Thank you for traveling to see it and then sharing it with us
Cheers matthew
I live in Nidderdale and know Scar well, correct the stone was quarried in the hill side above the dam but if you look high up on the hillside on both sides there’s two huge concrete blocks where the blocks of stone were brought down on pulley’s. The main construction is concrete and faced by stone and in winter the whole wall moves one inch with the pressure. The wall has a series of tunnels that run across for one side to the other and are inspected for movement , it’s a wet job because they drip and leak. The tower in the middle is a away down in to the middle of the dam and if you every get chance to go down it’s hard to imagine all that water and pressure is just a few feet away. Foster beck is a old mill that became a local pub and played music every weekend, I’ve only seen the wheel run once but it shook so much that it nearly pulled the wall down, they turned it quickly off.
Ahh interesting, thank you. Yeah that is a massive wheel !!!
My dad who is now one month off 98 years old remembers walking across Dead Man’s Hill from Coverdale and over the dam when it was under construction.
Why could older structures be built with such beauty and strength to boot. Today's structures will not be here in a hundred years.
I’m speechless. Martin! Breathtaking.
Only in Britain would a dam be made to look like a castle. Beautiful! I love it!
In my country we would have just put up a huge slab of concrete and called it done.
Thats what we do now 😀
I think the waterboard if that’s was what they were then had a blank check book cause look around any old reservoir and the architecture is second to none
There was also a public subscription effort which my Grandfather, Charlie Mitchell, was involved-in. I well recall a trip to see 'Grandad's reservoir' back in the sixties when he was still alive.
WOW! The sight of that dam is amazing!
Fascinating stone and masonry workings.
Lovely lovely. Even more plces on my list to visit, next time in UK. Thanks
Yeah nice up there
Martin welcome to our patch.
Lovely up there. Great work thanks 🙏
Years ago I looked after an old lady who was brought up in the Shanty village they built for the workers and families. There was everything they needed a school even a picture house when you drive up to Scar house on your left you can see the concrete bases of the buildings
Apparently the concrete base for the projector in the picture house is still there.
Looks awesome Martin, loved the engineering of the build very pleasing to the eye not just a concrete apparition.
Fantastic stonework at the dam such a beautiful structure. And the waterwheel on the side of the houses was amazing. So good to see one in such good condition. I wonder if it still turns. Thank you so much Martin Big 👍to you & the boys.
What an incredible spillway! It would be beautiful on a wetter year.
Been looking forward to your next adventure
Love the fact you gents get out and wonder around like I use to at a younger day... I'm eighty two now, and mobility issues, but I sure enjoy wondering with you both Martin and James, and you do it like I did with a brew or two and pastry... Love it.... Cheers and I'll be watching everyone of your adventures everywhere, with glee.
That dam is magnificent! Seems we no longer have the great workmanship as was in the past. Thanks for bringing us such beauty
So much pride and effort went into the construction - puts today's buildings to shame.
Wow what a dam. Absolutely stunning vlog 😍
This is real engineering - they could have designed an ugly piece of stone heap but they added a lots of nice artistic elements. Rare nowadays.
Thank you team . If James forgets the brew and treats the Zero expedition might be lost on the Yorkshire moors. A real modern hound of the Baskervilles for Haloween😂😂😂❤.
Nice video Martin thanks guys....Chris
Great video Martin. I was up there in March when the water was cascading down the face of the dam. Very impressive. Took a few photos & videos. Our annual (May 7th '23) Nidderdale Walk takes walkers/runners from Pateley up and round the reservoir - 26 miles!
Such a beautiful dam. Cheers for sharing lads.
Scar House Dam absolutely the best one
It's so pretty! I wish things like built in America now looked this nice.
Thank you Martin and lads your adventures never cease to amaze! The dam and pumphouse have a fairytale look to them damsels in distress and knights in shining armour would fit right in!
Just found this on my 10:00 AM break, thanks for making a good morning better.....
Great 👍 look's like you all had a good day for it. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure 🙂👍💯🙏
Wow another amazing video glad you found another reservoir revealing old building I'm amazed at the finds keep the videos coming they're very interesting 👍
Great video Martin. Thanks for taking us along!
Yet another gem from Team Zero. Cannot wait for next weeks offering
Amazing architecture and engineering, I'd love to see that with the overflow in full flow.
Loved the music! Very apt for this visit and with Halloween just around the corner too! I'm spooked for sure! I'm so glad you found you 'could be arsed' to do this visit. The water's soon going to cover up all of these gems again, and it was so fascinating. It was really great to see the Bolton Abbey train too, having ridden on it when on holiday in the area. The dam is just amazing and you can always rely on the Victorians to overdo with architecture. They'd hate the way we throw up all all those ugly buildings now. It's a sight to behold. Your brew was really luxury style on this outing and I loved the entertainment thrown in by James! Thanks all of you... a sincere pleasure to have been able to join you! 👍
Theme at the beginning was so like The Theme from Unique 3. Im sure Martin back in the day was a clubber! Hacienda,New Order,Factory, Unique 3. His age, It all makes sense.
A fabulous video , Thank you ,i certainly wouldn’t have know it was there if you hadn’t brought it to our attention, so thank you guys very much ,and yes its an amazing Dam , and spill way. i would love to see it full . my regards liz .
A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK.
Awesome drone footage. 👌
Great video of an incredible place and so easy on the eye for a functional piece of infrastructure.
Brilliant as ever. Some stunning shots and informative dialogue. Well done.
I love your videos, Martin! As an American, I had to chuckle at "it was quite a drive" when it's only 70 miles. 😆
Yeah its not all motorway though, lots of windy roads
@@MartinZero, windy roads are my favorite -- makes the journey as enjoyable as the destination, IMO.
What an awesome dam! Added it to my travel plans for when I visit the UK
Yeah its nice up there
The Dam and its stonework are gorgeous, both the waterwheel and the E31 8 Series where pretty sweet too.
yeah we seem to have seen a bit of stuff on the way up there
Amazing video. I live fairly close by and have gone to the reservoir about 30 times in the last two years alone. I ride their on my motorbike and I never get bored visiting it.
Great to see the drone footage and historical photos.
Something about these reservoirs, when the water is low and the old buildings revealed, it's like a lost world coming back to life.
It’s was a really cool video the reservoir was very beautiful and loved the bonus footage of the steam train ❤❤
When it started, I thought you had accidentally uploaded an episode of Thomas the Tank engine. Or is that in the car for keeping James busy 🤔 while driving. Top video as usual. Would not be the same without the brew. 💪🤟🤗👍
Used to go on walks up there as a child, during school holidays.
what a beautiful structures 😍😍😍😍😍😍 great video Martin
I noticed the BMW first then the water wheel! 😀
Loved this video…. Yorkshire really is amazing
So glad you took the trip, great video, thank you.
Always pleased to see a new video from you Martin and it's another great one!
The most impressive dam I've ever seem. It's not just functional, but ruddy gorgeous to boot.
The water wheel you show is Foster Beck Mill that was a Hemp Mill
Martin and the gang it's so good of you all to take time and efforts to produce your volgs.
It's places we would never go to.
Thank you all so much.
Superb filming and commentaries to look at and hear.
Keep safe warm dry and virus free all.
Take great care on your travels.
Never heard of it. An amazing place.
Fantastic construction, you can see the footings of the houses built for the dam construction workers to the left of the road before the car park. To the north of the reservoir where the quarry is Dead Man's Hill, named after the murder of 3 Scottish drovers for their money by a woman and her daughter who ran a local inn, they were tried in Pateley Bridge and hung. It is said on some nights the ghosts of the drovers roam the moor.
Good stuff Neil
Stay on the road, beware of the moor.
The ideal day out, nice work!
You are right that the track at the far side of the dam was a 'railway' from the quarry on the side of Deadmans Hill . Back in the 60's a lot of track remained as did some of the winding gear . Walked a few times from Middlesmoor ove the 'miners' track to the dam & up the railway to the shooting lodge , Little Whernside & in to Kettlewell .
Hi Martin nice to see you back great vlog
Beautiful workmanship, my Town was built in early 1820s with the rivers Ryburn and Calder running through the centre of it , and the canal system, it was a textile powerhouse back then, My Mum who is 96 spent most of her life in spinning mills here in Sowerby bridge.
Wainhouse Tower, the highest folly in the World is here too, regards for this, I love how all this was done
Brilliant, I’m at a travel lodge
Perfect timing Martin 👍🏼
Nobody was fussed about last night pal
Edit: That was breathtaking Martin, built to last. It looked like a water garden it was that detailed
Do they build dams that aren't built to last? 😬 😉
I also liked the watermill better than the car! Also at Pateley Bridge is an old quarry with a pile of rubble that used to be a pumping windmill. There were plans at one time to re-erect the tower, but nothing came of this.
Absolutely brilliant video! Thanks guys.
Stunning architecture in the middle of nowhere, you can see that happening these days.
That dam is stunning.
Beatrice is very beautiful and so is the dam. Awesome video Martin and the crew!
Cheers David
That was the quarry up the hillside, and what is now a road was once an inclined plane where the loaded wagons ging down would pull the empties back up. You can still find the foundations of the loco sheds and workshops, both narrow and standard gauge, and the sites of all the housing blocks.
What an amazing place. That stone work that as you said looks like a castle must be designed by a person who was inspired from a previous generation Victorian designer. Great video
I wish these films would never end,
I could've watched this at least twice as long.
Thankyou yet again.
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Thanks very much Bob
Am struggling to comprehend just how bad the drought has been
Love what has been revealed and just how much history is available to us - am surprised you've not found a mill cos that area was littered with them
Thank you very much for showing us this snippet of our history
I recently came back from the Lakes and I can say that Grasmere, Rydal Water, Windermere etc are NOT low .. in fact there were flooded feilds up there, the River Rothay that feeds these 3 lakes was running high between Grasmere and Windermere, it was a veruitable torrent through the village of Ambleside.
I live in Wigan, some 50 miles south of the Lakes and the canals there are not low either, neither is Scotsmans Flash and that must be 10 foot at its deepest and not murkey like this so realistically it should have warmed up and completely evaporated away if the droughts reduced water levels in these select places by 30 foot.
Sale Water Park in South Manchester also is not experiencing low water levels.
No where I look are the levels of bodies of water low except for in resevoirs .. makes you think dont it ..
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Yes indeedy
@@Caustictherapy Yes, but all the places you mention are on the western side of the Pennines, whereas the reservoirs that Martin and the team have been looking at are on the eastern side and this is why these lakes are so low.
I flew out to Sweden from Manchester around mid September and the whole place was brown. There was a wild fire on the coast just beyond Hull too, you could see the smoke cloud for miles into the North Sea.
@@Caustictherapy It's almost like the water from the reservoirs is consumed in some way lol.
Awesome piece of engineering