The Derwent Valley Water Board was constituted by the ( 62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix) to supply the cities of

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and

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, and the county of

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, with water impounded by a series of reservoirs along the upper reaches of the River Derwent in the

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. The board's works included the following reservoirs: *

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, built 1901-1912, capacity , formed by a masonry dam high and long. * Derwent, built 1902-1916, capacity , formed by a masonry dam high and long. * Ladybower, built 1935-1945, capacity , formed by an earth embankment high and long. The board was abolished in 1974 under the terms of the

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(c. 37) and responsibility for the works was transferred to the new Severn Trent Water Authority.

References

* The Derwent Valley Water Board's Undertaking (1972) * Water Act 1973 (c. 37) * https://archive.org/stream/engineeringwonde03willuoft/engineeringwonde03willuoft_djvu.txt * http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB0288%20DL76.pdf Utilities of the United Kingdom {{UK-company-stub