Saturday, January 16, 2021

The Ladybower Reservoir Plughole

The Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire England showed up one day on my laptop screensaver.  Click on this link to see the one of its curious giant plugholes.  'the drains were designed to regulate water levels in the reservoir by letting out water when the reservoir became full after prolonged wet spells.'  They also create hydroelectric energy.  If you were to fall in (not advised) water drains into a river but there is a grille down there that would trap you and you would have to be rescued.


17 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Great idea but I wouldn't want to fall in! Hugs, Valerie

Elkes Lebensglück said...

What a great idea but I wouldn't go as close as the canoeists!Beautiful day, hug Elke

Anonymous said...

Wow, interesting!

Ananka said...

I didn't know about this! The guy fishing is brave haha!

Martha said...

Wow, that is so interesting. You sure wouldn't catch me out there anywhere close to it!

ellie said...

This makes me think of a Chinese drama, about the search and rescue swimmer who keeps finding bodies in the river. Interesting.

Caitlin'nMegan said...

I don't know if I would want to go there. Very interesting.

Ivy's Closet said...

Truly a very intriguing post!

Sandra Cox said...

Interesting.

JFM said...

No thanks... I'll keep my distance.

Jean said...

Oh my goodness. Weird and cool! Thanks for sharing. And thank you for visiting my blog.

Rain said...

Very neat to read that Christine! But I'd be nowhere near them in the water!!

Lowcarb team member said...

Thanks for the link Christine, an interesting read.
Happy Weekend Wishes.

All the best Jan

Lorraine said...

Interesting and pretty but I wouldn't want to venture near that.

Lisabella Russo said...

That's interesting! I definitely wouldn't want to get that close... I love your blue jay piece too, so pretty.

J.P. Alexander said...

Muy interesante, te mando un beso

Suz said...

Wow. This is very interesting; I had no idea!