[News] Whaley Bridge.

[Leekbrookgull]

A few miles up the road,but the last 36 hours dry and yes after an awful lot of rain which will continue to flow down for the next few days. Genuine ask and there are a few Engineers here on NSC,yet surely if it was going to collapse it would have done by now ?

 

[Stat Brother]

Right back?

 

[whitelion]

I was astonished to see this dam construction above quite a considerable sized settlement.

I didn't know such dams existed especially after seeing the destruction our bombers caused in the Ruhr during WW2.

 

[B-right-on]

My next door neighbours, cousins, uncles, mother in laws, son, are ST holders and reckon he's shitehouse and we shouldn't sign him.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

What are his fifa stats?

 

[albionfan37]

Wayne’s son I assume? Seeing the boys mum again won’t be a chore

 

[Driver8]

A few miles up the road,but the last 36 hours dry and yes after an awful lot of rain which will continue to flow down for the next few days. Genuine ask and there are a few Engineers here on NSC,yet surely if it was going to collapse it would have done by now ?

Was never going to imho. Just some of the concrete slabs washed away. It’s been there about 150 years so I’m sure it’s seen worse.

 

[vegster]

I certainly would not live anywhere near below a dam.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

So Victorian engineering is not as good as we first thought.

 

[Ernest]

Backdoor Boris has just showed up, just when they think things couldn't get any worse

 

[Doonhamer7]

i did my honours dissertation on the history of embankment dams and designed a dozen large dams several years ago. So to Answer the original question, no it should not have collapsed by now but it still could. Getting the water away from the erosion was the first critical item and then unloading the structure (dropping the water) is next. As it was designed in 19th century it may be over designed as it was empirical design as most geotechnical engineering hadn’t been fully developed so it is probably over sized. Due to failure of dams leading to deaths last century / early part of this century, all dams above a certain size have to inspected under the reservoirs act 1975, normally once a decade in detail and for a dam this size revisited every year. So this dam should be on an annual inspection and 10 year detailed review (which would have involved recalculating spillway capacity). Looking at the pictures, the spillway must have had a weakness to let water under it which then lifted rest of concrete slabs then erosion occurred.

I expect there will be several Technical review papers in the future behind the failure, explaining the why

 

[Bry Nylon]

Chances of getting household / business insurance if you live or trade in Whaley Bridge, at anything other than astronomical premiums, must now be close to zero.

Chances of selling your home for anything like market value must also be close to zero.

 

[Driver8]

So Victorian engineering is not as good as we first thought.

Still up isn’t it?

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Backdoor Boris has just showed up, just when they think things couldn't get any worse

What, looking like he is interested or cares.
I saw Teresa Villiers on the news earlier trying to sound as if she knows what she is talking about.
She looks like Jimmy Hill.

 

[luppers]

Right back?

stupid comment

 

[Stat Brother]

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[Raleigh Chopper]

Still up isn’t it?

Well, just, but good point well made, it could have easily just washed away by now.

 

[TheJasperCo]

stupid comment

Where's Whaley?

 

[Ernest]

What, looking like he is interested or cares.
I saw Teresa Villiers on the news earlier trying to sound as if she knows what she is talking about.
She looks like Jimmy Hill.

Said if the dam breaks and the people's houses are destroyed they will be rehoused in quality accommodation, just like they did with Grenfell

 

[Albumen]

See what I mean [MENTION=15579]Albumen[/MENTION]

Never give up.