Everything about The Great Sheffield Flood totally explained
The
Great Sheffield Flood, also known as the
Great Inundation, devastated parts of
Sheffield,
England, on
March 11 1864, when the
Dale Dyke Dam broke.
The newly-built dam, at
Low Bradfield on the
River Loxley, broke while it was being filled for the first time. An estimated 3 million m³ (700 million imperial gallons) of water swept down the Loxley valley, through
Loxley village and on to
Malin Bridge and
Hillsborough, where the Loxley joins the Don. The flood continued south down the Don into Sheffield centre, around the eastward bend of the Don at
Lady's Bridge, then to
Attercliffe, past the sites of today's
Don Valley Stadium,
Sheffield Arena, and
Meadowhall Shopping Centre, and on to
Rotherham.
The subsequent enquiry found that the flood had wrecked nearly every bridge as far as Lady’s Bridge, destroyed 800 houses, and killed 270 people - bodies were later found as far down the Don as
Mexborough. The conclusion was that construction was defective, and that a small leak in the wall grew rapidly until the dam failed completely.
The claims for damages formed one of the largest insurance claims of the Victorian period.
A documentary film entitled
The Forgotten Flood was made in 2005 to commemorate over 140 years since the disaster, the worst of its kind in Victorian Britain. Directed by Phil Parkin, this 30 minute film tells the story of the fateful night and the aftermath that followed. Visit http://www.theforgottenflood.com to find out more.
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