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View of the break inside Dale Dyke Reservoir after the flood of 1864

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Title:	View of the break inside Dale Dyke Reservoir after the flood of 1864
Location:	Sheffield_Bradfield
Date:	1864/03
Date Period:	1851-1899
Photographer:	Laurence Frederick Peacock
Notes:	Information from Malcolm Nunn, Bradfield Parish Council Archivist: This is an image used in slide lectures/ magic lantern shows by photographer Mr Peacock: After the bursting of the embankment there still remained a great quantity of water in the reservoir which was over a mile in length.
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