M62 and Scammonden Dam

[@bobbyshafto3259]

The M62 and Scammonden Dam are "works of art" in my opinion......amazing feat of Engineering !

[@ragnardanneskjold6509]

I'm not sure anyone appreciates the problems in the building of that dam. It was within 24 hours of collapse due to a misunderstanding of capillary pressures (my father set up a simple experiment to show Mr hunter et al that the water level was effectively ABOVE the level of the dam). He was then sent to source a certain type of clay that would strengthen the dam and a few local farmers were made very happy with emergency payments for access to their land. One particular farmer, he recalls, actually LIVED with his cows and afterwards could finally afford to move out :)

[@CALVO36]

poud to say my uncle was.involved with the construction on the machines ..I think then opencast for yrs..last job ferry bridge power stn..

[@METAL1ON]

Bigging Hudds up when in reality the peeps who lived there and the workers and the peeps of Barkisland were the real heroes.

[@johnmetrac2898]

What a joke of a motorway the m62 is I live right opposite at junction 24 and every morning from 8 till 930 the traffic is either standstill or crawling at 5 mph

[@marksmith8389]

Kn..ob!

[@edwardcook1328]

What do you think the roads in the area would be like without this vital route between the east and west coasts of this great country.