Deanhead Reservoir
Reservoir in West Yorkshire, England
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Deanhead Reservoir is a reservoir near Scammonden, in the metropolitan district of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.
| Deanhead Reservoir | |
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  Deanhead Reservoir Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Location | Kirklees, West Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°37′58″N 1°56′39″W |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
| 6.7 hectares (17 acres)[1] | |
Surface elevation | 988 feet (301 m) |
| Deanhead Reservoir Act 1838 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for making and maintaining a Reservoir at Deanhead in the Parish of Huddersfield in the West Riding of the County of York, and for other Purposes relating thereto. |
| Citation | 1 & 2 Vict. c. lxiv |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 4 July 1838 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Huddersfield Corporation Act 1913 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Deanhead Commissioners Act 1889 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to empower the Commissioners of the Deanhead Reservoir to execute Works and supply Water in bulk and for other purposes. |
| Citation | 52 & 53 Vict. c. xxi |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 May 1889 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Huddersfield Corporation Act 1913 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
It is named after Dean Head, a village that was mostly submerged during construction of the dam. Construction started in 1838 and it opened a year later, almost 140 years before Scammonden Reservoir (its downstream neighbour) was opened in 1971.[2][3] Water flowing out of Deanhead forms Black Burne Brook which now feeds into Scammonden Water.[4] Deanhead reservoir was originally constructed to supply water to the factories in the Blackburn Valley that was downstream of the reservoir.[5] During the 1995 drought, the outlines of foundations of buildings in the village were visible.
Deanhead also is the name of a Pennine pass to the south of the reservoir, which carries the A640 from Huddersfield to Denshaw, following the course of a Roman road.
