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The bursting of the Dale Dyke Dam on the night of 11th/12th March 1864, now known as The Sheffield Flood, The official list of victims produced after the flood by Chief Constable John Jackson and later reproduced in the book 'A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield' by Samuel Harrison, consisted of 240 people.
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A concise history of the great flood at Sheffield which occurred on March 11/12th. 1864, and was caused by the bursting of the Dale Dyke Dam in the Bradfield hills on the outskirts of the town. Documentary film about the Great Sheffield Flood in 1864 and resulting devastation.
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Great Sheffield Flood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheffield Flood, 1864, Sheffield Flood, March, 1864 The Great Sheffield Flood, also known as the Great Inundation, was a disaster which devastated parts of Sheffield, on March 11th 1864.
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Sheffield's 'Great Flood' With thanks to Michael Armitage, whose website The Great Flood at Sheffield 1864 contains a downloadable version of 'A Complete History of The Great Flood at Sheffield' by Samuel Harrison, first published in 1864, together with his own account of the flood and its causes, a photo gallery,
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ARCUS, the Archaeological Research and Consultancy at the University of Sheffield www.shef.ac.uk/arcus Website of Sheffield University's archaeological service, whose excavations Time Team followed in making the Steel City Time Team Special. There is also a useful links section, Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust www...
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Yesterday was the 143rd anniversary of the Great Sheffield Flood, the catastrophic result of the failure of an embankment on England's River Loxley. The collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam released 650 to 700 million gallons of water from the Bradfield Reservoir into the valley below, In the wake of the Great Sheffield Flood,
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Find out about The Illustrated London News The Illustrated London News The Great Sheffield Flood Disaster - March 11th - 1864 Sheffield from Lancomit Road?? (is this the right name for the road?)
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On Friday last, shortly before midnight, Sheffield was suddenly swept by an inundation similar in its origin, but more destructive in its effects, than the great Holmfirth flood of Feb. 5, 1852, by which, it will be remembered, ninety persons lost their lives, property to the extent of from £500,000 to £800,000 was laid...
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The Great Sheffield Flood took place in 1864 after the Dale Dyke Dam located to the north of the city burst its banks. Within 20 minutes, the floodwaters had devastated villages and areas of the city along the river, killing nearly 250 people in what was recognised as a major national disaster.
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