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  • Scar house Dam and reservoir in the Yorkshire Dales was built between 1921 and 1936 to supply the City of Bradford with fresh water as it thrived during the Industrial revolution in the 19th century. The Reservoir is supplied with water by the River Nidd. This is a beautiful part of rural Britain called Nidderdale. During the summer of 2022 water levels at the reservoir have fallen. Revealing the remains of a farmhouse that is normally sunken beneath the levels of water. There is also the sunken remains of a road thet goes to nowhere. But the star of the show id the Scar house Dam. Built from local Yorkshire stone it is very beautiful and an Edwardian engineering masterpiece. We also see old pics of the Nidderdale light railway. Bradford water corporation built the Dam and reservoir and its a a great piece of architecture. This is a history of England and Britain.

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  • @MartinZero
    @MartinZero  Рік тому +17

    Gothic music by Marcus aka The Drain Maestro ua-cam.com/channels/Wjg8ChLBdWti6APNJJlIjg.html Guitar music by Stevie Hind and Martin

    • @bobjackson6524
      @bobjackson6524 Рік тому

      Brill Marcus.
      👌

    • @Squeezeboxdave
      @Squeezeboxdave Рік тому +1

      So any links to the actual tunes, please. @Martin Zero . Also, I've never seen a water retention construction that's so dam beautiful! Good vid! 👍

  • @merrytrek
    @merrytrek Рік тому +128

    Foster Beck Mill 1864, wheel installed 1904 for spinning twine or linen yarns and was later producing twine. Closed 1966 and turned into a large pub - Watermill Inn, popular for dances, that closed around 2005 to be converted into houses and an adjacent cottage next to the road bridge was turned into a pub (Bridge Inn). You managed a good shot, it always seems to be in the shade when I pass.

    • @ChelseaSierraK.
      @ChelseaSierraK. Рік тому

      😎😎

    • @kevinduffy6712
      @kevinduffy6712 Рік тому

      Was that john foster who had the mohair mill in Queensbury?

    • @Simon_Nonymous
      @Simon_Nonymous Рік тому

      Thank you - @Martin Zero maybe pin this post please?

    • @robinwbarrett
      @robinwbarrett Рік тому +1

      It must be 50 years since I visited the Watermill at Foster Beck

    • @kevinduffy6712
      @kevinduffy6712 Рік тому

      @@robinwbarrett ok was it the same fosters who owns the mill in queensbury I was born there

  • @christopherescott6787
    @christopherescott6787 Рік тому +53

    I cannot wrap my head around the sheer elegance and exquisite beauty of that place. Absolutely stunning. So well documented Martin. Kudos for work so well done.

    • @ianmaddams9577
      @ianmaddams9577 Рік тому +2

      One of the best looking Dams I’ve seen. Absolutely beautiful

  • @gilgammesh1
    @gilgammesh1 Рік тому +21

    That spillway is absolutely stunning, would love to see its during use.

  • @martinkavanagh196
    @martinkavanagh196 Рік тому +11

    Thanks Martin. - Isn't it wonderful how far we have progressed over the last century - from beautiful masonry to ugly grey poured concrete?

  • @rpark8265
    @rpark8265 Рік тому +8

    My wife’s Grandparents farmed there Scar House Farm I think it was called,from when the reservoir was just being completed to the late 1940s .I remember them talking about the village where all the workers lived ,there were shops and a cinema but it was very isolated after everybody left her grandfather lost quite a lot of sheep in the 1947 snow and her grandmother still stored tinned food under her bed years after they leftafter the experience of being snowed in for weeks

  • @jamesmackinlay2500
    @jamesmackinlay2500 Рік тому +7

    Great video lads. Back in the days. The people new how to build great builds and other great things. Build to last too.

  • @The_Smith
    @The_Smith Рік тому +6

    I find when you do the old map comparison to be realy helpful in visualizing things, thankyou so much for sharing this part of the world with us.

  • @laurentaylor4933
    @laurentaylor4933 Рік тому +23

    Foster Beck Waterwheel, near Pateley Bridge. It was an old mill, which was converted to a Pub and Nightclub and is now residential properties. The wheel is apparently listed...all according to Google. Great vid as ever Martin. Thanks.

    • @christophernorton33
      @christophernorton33 Рік тому +2

      Thank you for the info on the waterwheel. It's a beauty.😃👍

    • @merrytrek
      @merrytrek Рік тому +1

      Shame it no longer works. I wonder how much electricity it could generate in these difficult times.

    • @Tony-oz1uv
      @Tony-oz1uv Рік тому +2

      Lol not heard of that place in Ages, I actually used to live there. In the living room we had like a glass box within the wall where you could see the mechanics for the wheel itself.
      Mind you the snow there was different..... when it snowed it properly snowed it was over your car bonnet. "Would ring work saying I couldn't come in" send a photo of the snow....... head to the pub 1 minute away, jobs a good'n 😁
      Was absolutely picturesque that area, really miss it.

  • @jacquelinefilby1842
    @jacquelinefilby1842 Рік тому +1

    I am loving this series and the accompanying music.

  • @nomdeplume798
    @nomdeplume798 Рік тому

    That spillway is amazing. It's so geometric and it shows people who have no knowledge of civil engineering how the overflow of water was managed to avoid it getting out of hand

  • @Wedgedoow
    @Wedgedoow Рік тому

    Wow another reservoir with hidden gems exposed, some lovely architecture there, thanks for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed.

  • @andicog
    @andicog Рік тому +9

    I've been over that dam, absolutely beautiful, even the pump house, like you said, why can't we have architecture like this anymore, it is pleasing to the eye and fits in so well, now it would be grey concrete. Thanks for the video, really enjoyed it 👍

    • @juhajuntunen7866
      @juhajuntunen7866 Рік тому +1

      They were built to last forever, now only for 30 years.

  • @jogon7950
    @jogon7950 Рік тому

    Martin welcome to our patch.
    Lovely up there. Great work thanks 🙏

  • @cassandrade-wolfe6926
    @cassandrade-wolfe6926 Рік тому +1

    Just found these videos, while looking for old videos of little lever locks and canal. Love them . I have a lot of catching up to do.
    👍

  • @smasica
    @smasica Рік тому

    Fascinating. I'm a Yank and really admire the Brits talent in masonry. Stunning. You're right; beauty should accompany function.

  • @paylnyles
    @paylnyles Рік тому +4

    Amazing the location and the knowledge acquired x.

  • @Phil-M0KPH
    @Phil-M0KPH Рік тому

    Another splendid explore with the additional bonus of the steam train and the water wheel!

  • @PhillyBill59
    @PhillyBill59 Рік тому +1

    As always...thanks for the trip :)

  • @judithsmith9274
    @judithsmith9274 Рік тому

    Wow what a dam. Absolutely stunning vlog 😍

  • @navigator902
    @navigator902 Рік тому

    Love the fact you gents get out and wonder around like I use to at a younger day... I'm eighty two now, and mobility issues, but I sure enjoy wondering with you both Martin and James, and you do it like I did with a brew or two and pastry... Love it.... Cheers and I'll be watching everyone of your adventures everywhere, with glee.

  • @TheRopeAddict
    @TheRopeAddict Рік тому

    I’m speechless. Martin! Breathtaking.

  • @DavidSevern
    @DavidSevern Рік тому +1

    So I looked at the map and thought... " I can't be aarsed"... Loved this vid, loved the steam loco too,.. Gratitude to you and to those who came before us for all that is here for us to witness.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Рік тому +2

      I often Cant be arsed , then Iam glad I was arsed 😀

    • @DavidSevern
      @DavidSevern Рік тому

      @@MartinZero imagine all those times when you've not been arsed... " Oh What a glad fellow you might be if only you'd been. Arsed...... ". { book of David, chapter 7, paragraph 0..}

  • @familylife3624
    @familylife3624 Рік тому +9

    There was a medieval village that was inhabited till they built the dam , and appears more when the levels are even lower apparently

    • @Andrea-73
      @Andrea-73 Рік тому

      It's strange, you'd think they would of cleared all those buildings from the area before filling it of water?

    • @pyewackett5
      @pyewackett5 Рік тому

      Interesting.

    • @graydonmiller731
      @graydonmiller731 Рік тому +1

      @@Andrea-73 they knock them down to the degree you see them now. Don't bother with leveling them completely.

  • @craighewitt2501
    @craighewitt2501 Рік тому

    Why could older structures be built with such beauty and strength to boot. Today's structures will not be here in a hundred years.

  • @Momus21
    @Momus21 Рік тому

    What beautiful and durable construction. Amazing and impressive dam.

  • @jamesmorris3123
    @jamesmorris3123 Рік тому +1

    What a beautiful Dam.

  • @screwthecabal6453
    @screwthecabal6453 Рік тому +2

    WOW! The sight of that dam is amazing!

  • @oldmanhuppiedos
    @oldmanhuppiedos Рік тому

    Now that autumn has started, the water level will rise again.
    Beautiful steam train, nostalgia just like the dam.
    Provides a good overview overlaying the cards.

  • @matthewhodder3029
    @matthewhodder3029 Рік тому

    Fantastic 20th Century gothis. What an amazing dam. Thank you for traveling to see it and then sharing it with us

  • @hond654
    @hond654 Рік тому +1

    This is real engineering - they could have designed an ugly piece of stone heap but they added a lots of nice artistic elements. Rare nowadays.

  • @SirWombat
    @SirWombat Рік тому

    Such a beautiful dam. Cheers for sharing lads.

  • @christophernorton33
    @christophernorton33 Рік тому +8

    Fantastic stonework at the dam such a beautiful structure. And the waterwheel on the side of the houses was amazing. So good to see one in such good condition. I wonder if it still turns. Thank you so much Martin Big 👍to you & the boys.

  • @ponyboymb
    @ponyboymb Рік тому

    Great 👍 look's like you all had a good day for it. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure 🙂👍💯🙏

  • @andyhill242
    @andyhill242 Рік тому

    The dam and its infrastructure win it for me; as a computer systems engineer, semi-retired, I work on small scales. The enormous scale of this engineering fascinates me; someone had to design all this and then build it!

  • @merrytrek
    @merrytrek Рік тому +15

    Funnily enough the Nidd Aqueduct taking water from the reservoir to Bradford passes under the railway just past the eastern end of Bolton Abbey station where you were, and also runs above ground over a bridge over Hambleton beck which you can see from the main road near the turning for the station.

    • @michaelthwaite3282
      @michaelthwaite3282 Рік тому +2

      My grandfather was the foreman of the gang that laid the Nidd Aqueduct. From Scar House to Chellow Heights, Bradford is approx. 30 miles and the water flows all the way under gravity with no pumping stations involved.

  • @Qugar666
    @Qugar666 Рік тому +1

    Lovely lovely. Even more plces on my list to visit, next time in UK. Thanks

  • @jasonbabila6006
    @jasonbabila6006 Рік тому

    Fascinating stone and masonry workings.

  • @charlesdickinson47
    @charlesdickinson47 Рік тому

    Great video Martin. I was up there in March when the water was cascading down the face of the dam. Very impressive. Took a few photos & videos. Our annual (May 7th '23) Nidderdale Walk takes walkers/runners from Pateley up and round the reservoir - 26 miles!

  • @suzantonn1188
    @suzantonn1188 Рік тому +7

    Thank you Martin and lads your adventures never cease to amaze! The dam and pumphouse have a fairytale look to them damsels in distress and knights in shining armour would fit right in!

  • @TheLowerman
    @TheLowerman Рік тому

    Great video Martin. Thanks for taking us along!

  • @davidflamee
    @davidflamee Рік тому

    Brilliant as ever. Some stunning shots and informative dialogue. Well done.

  • @whiskeycook3323
    @whiskeycook3323 Рік тому +2

    That dam is magnificent! Seems we no longer have the great workmanship as was in the past. Thanks for bringing us such beauty

  • @barryhansen6854
    @barryhansen6854 Рік тому +9

    Looks awesome Martin, loved the engineering of the build very pleasing to the eye not just a concrete apparition.

  • @Tom_Roberts
    @Tom_Roberts Рік тому +1

    So much pride and effort went into the construction - puts today's buildings to shame.

  • @fatimaali8645
    @fatimaali8645 Рік тому

    It’s was a really cool video the reservoir was very beautiful and loved the bonus footage of the steam train ❤❤

  • @chrissearle
    @chrissearle Рік тому

    My grandad was the last petson born at the village of Scar House before it was abandoned and demolished following the competition of the dam. Lovely place.

  • @chrishogg8293
    @chrishogg8293 Рік тому

    My dad who is now one month off 98 years old remembers walking across Dead Man’s Hill from Coverdale and over the dam when it was under construction.

  • @missmerrily4830
    @missmerrily4830 Рік тому

    Loved the music! Very apt for this visit and with Halloween just around the corner too! I'm spooked for sure! I'm so glad you found you 'could be arsed' to do this visit. The water's soon going to cover up all of these gems again, and it was so fascinating. It was really great to see the Bolton Abbey train too, having ridden on it when on holiday in the area. The dam is just amazing and you can always rely on the Victorians to overdo with architecture. They'd hate the way we throw up all all those ugly buildings now. It's a sight to behold. Your brew was really luxury style on this outing and I loved the entertainment thrown in by James! Thanks all of you... a sincere pleasure to have been able to join you! 👍

  • @rob1134
    @rob1134 Рік тому +1

    Awesome drone footage. 👌

  • @rogermorris6957
    @rogermorris6957 Рік тому

    Hi Martin nice to see you back great vlog

  • @tomsurbanexplore
    @tomsurbanexplore Рік тому +2

    Wow another amazing video glad you found another reservoir revealing old building I'm amazed at the finds keep the videos coming they're very interesting 👍

  • @johnmcdyer7297
    @johnmcdyer7297 Рік тому +1

    I think the waterboard if that’s was what they were then had a blank check book cause look around any old reservoir and the architecture is second to none

  • @arlo0011
    @arlo0011 Рік тому

    Only in Britain would a dam be made to look like a castle. Beautiful! I love it!
    In my country we would have just put up a huge slab of concrete and called it done.

  • @JohnS-bn7lu
    @JohnS-bn7lu Рік тому +1

    I live in Nidderdale and know Scar well, correct the stone was quarried in the hill side above the dam but if you look high up on the hillside on both sides there’s two huge concrete blocks where the blocks of stone were brought down on pulley’s. The main construction is concrete and faced by stone and in winter the whole wall moves one inch with the pressure. The wall has a series of tunnels that run across for one side to the other and are inspected for movement , it’s a wet job because they drip and leak. The tower in the middle is a away down in to the middle of the dam and if you every get chance to go down it’s hard to imagine all that water and pressure is just a few feet away. Foster beck is a old mill that became a local pub and played music every weekend, I’ve only seen the wheel run once but it shook so much that it nearly pulled the wall down, they turned it quickly off.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Рік тому +1

      Ahh interesting, thank you. Yeah that is a massive wheel !!!

  • @martinwebster1544
    @martinwebster1544 Рік тому

    There was also a public subscription effort which my Grandfather, Charlie Mitchell, was involved-in. I well recall a trip to see 'Grandad's reservoir' back in the sixties when he was still alive.

  • @jameslynch5716
    @jameslynch5716 Рік тому

    A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK.

  • @katherineroyal423
    @katherineroyal423 Рік тому

    What an incredible spillway! It would be beautiful on a wetter year.

  • @lilchris26
    @lilchris26 Рік тому +1

    Nice video Martin thanks guys....Chris

  • @dieselmanmike
    @dieselmanmike 6 місяців тому

    Great video of an incredible place and so easy on the eye for a functional piece of infrastructure.

  • @denisecosta3275
    @denisecosta3275 Рік тому

    what a beautiful structures 😍😍😍😍😍😍 great video Martin

  • @leeharris5499
    @leeharris5499 Рік тому +3

    Been looking forward to your next adventure

  • @johncochrane2707
    @johncochrane2707 Рік тому +3

    Always pleased to see a new video from you Martin and it's another great one!

  • @elizabethannferrario7113
    @elizabethannferrario7113 Рік тому +2

    A fabulous video , Thank you ,i certainly wouldn’t have know it was there if you hadn’t brought it to our attention, so thank you guys very much ,and yes its an amazing Dam , and spill way. i would love to see it full . my regards liz .

  • @markrobinson2648
    @markrobinson2648 Рік тому +1

    Amazing video. I live fairly close by and have gone to the reservoir about 30 times in the last two years alone. I ride their on my motorbike and I never get bored visiting it.
    Great to see the drone footage and historical photos.
    Something about these reservoirs, when the water is low and the old buildings revealed, it's like a lost world coming back to life.

  • @davidsedlickas8222
    @davidsedlickas8222 Рік тому +1

    Martin and the gang it's so good of you all to take time and efforts to produce your volgs.
    It's places we would never go to.
    Thank you all so much.
    Superb filming and commentaries to look at and hear.
    Keep safe warm dry and virus free all.
    Take great care on your travels.

  • @David_Owsnett
    @David_Owsnett Рік тому

    Beatrice is very beautiful and so is the dam. Awesome video Martin and the crew!

  • @stattoborough
    @stattoborough Рік тому +3

    Yet another gem from Team Zero. Cannot wait for next weeks offering

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 Рік тому +2

    Just found this on my 10:00 AM break, thanks for making a good morning better.....

  • @davidmunro1469
    @davidmunro1469 Рік тому +1

    Thank you team . If James forgets the brew and treats the Zero expedition might be lost on the Yorkshire moors. A real modern hound of the Baskervilles for Haloween😂😂😂❤.

  • @gillianhynes7120
    @gillianhynes7120 Рік тому +1

    Years ago I looked after an old lady who was brought up in the Shanty village they built for the workers and families. There was everything they needed a school even a picture house when you drive up to Scar house on your left you can see the concrete bases of the buildings

    • @colinlothlorian
      @colinlothlorian Рік тому +1

      Apparently the concrete base for the projector in the picture house is still there.

  • @katherinekinnaird4408
    @katherinekinnaird4408 Рік тому

    That dam is stunning.

  • @ManchesterMudlarks
    @ManchesterMudlarks Рік тому

    what a lovely dam , great video martin

  • @MarkRose1337
    @MarkRose1337 Рік тому

    What an awesome dam! Added it to my travel plans for when I visit the UK

  • @Marcus_Ramour
    @Marcus_Ramour Рік тому

    The ideal day out, nice work!

  • @outdooradventures8773
    @outdooradventures8773 Рік тому

    So glad you took the trip, great video, thank you.

  • @tardismole
    @tardismole Рік тому

    The most impressive dam I've ever seem. It's not just functional, but ruddy gorgeous to boot.

  • @andykillsu
    @andykillsu Рік тому +2

    Scar House Dam absolutely the best one

  • @mikerogers5043
    @mikerogers5043 Рік тому +2

    Amazing architecture and engineering, I'd love to see that with the overflow in full flow.

  • @ginanearftworth4404
    @ginanearftworth4404 Рік тому

    It's so pretty! I wish things like built in America now looked this nice.

  • @bobjackson6524
    @bobjackson6524 Рік тому

    I wish these films would never end,
    I could've watched this at least twice as long.
    Thankyou yet again.
    🙌🏻

  • @clintstallone
    @clintstallone Рік тому

    Awesome piece of engineering

  • @patriciataylor1111
    @patriciataylor1111 Рік тому +1

    Amazing drone shots. The detail on the dam was exceptional

  • @ShawnD1027
    @ShawnD1027 Рік тому +1

    I love your videos, Martin! As an American, I had to chuckle at "it was quite a drive" when it's only 70 miles. 😆

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Рік тому +1

      Yeah its not all motorway though, lots of windy roads

    • @ShawnD1027
      @ShawnD1027 Рік тому

      @@MartinZero, windy roads are my favorite -- makes the journey as enjoyable as the destination, IMO.

  • @robertmeadows7508
    @robertmeadows7508 Рік тому

    Thank you Mr Martin for another lovely report! I was born 1947 so I was used to steam engines drawing trains along the local railway! I travelled on a few as well! I have wonderful memories of us kids hearing the whistle & running like mad so we could stand upon a bridge to be engulfed in the smells, steam, smoke & sounds as one passed beneath us! Needless to say, (but I will), that I never noticed any BMW in your film! Bob M.

  • @michaelniblock8953
    @michaelniblock8953 Рік тому

    Another fantasic video Martin, thanks.

  • @Tuberuser187
    @Tuberuser187 Рік тому +2

    The Dam and its stonework are gorgeous, both the waterwheel and the E31 8 Series where pretty sweet too.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Рік тому +2

      yeah we seem to have seen a bit of stuff on the way up there

  • @saraclayton-smithson5083
    @saraclayton-smithson5083 Рік тому

    Loved this video…. Yorkshire really is amazing

  • @dn744
    @dn744 Рік тому +3

    When it started, I thought you had accidentally uploaded an episode of Thomas the Tank engine. Or is that in the car for keeping James busy 🤔 while driving. Top video as usual. Would not be the same without the brew. 💪🤟🤗👍

  • @MrAsBBB
    @MrAsBBB Рік тому

    You have to go back when the reservoir is full and the dam is in full flood! Great video

  • @michaelmiller641
    @michaelmiller641 Рік тому

    Fascinating, Martin, thanks for that!

  • @marksadventures3889
    @marksadventures3889 Рік тому

    Could you imagine the boring eyesore they'd build these days. Nice one Martin.

  • @porkscratchings5428
    @porkscratchings5428 Рік тому +2

    Amazing, brilliant vid, thanks for making this, really enjoyed it. Loved the way you piece why the farm house was with the over map, just fantastic. 👍🍻

  • @markholroyde9412
    @markholroyde9412 Рік тому

    Beautiful workmanship, my Town was built in early 1820s with the rivers Ryburn and Calder running through the centre of it , and the canal system, it was a textile powerhouse back then, My Mum who is 96 spent most of her life in spinning mills here in Sowerby bridge.
    Wainhouse Tower, the highest folly in the World is here too, regards for this, I love how all this was done

  • @joegall7591
    @joegall7591 Рік тому +2

    Another quality video. James is a real character.

  • @_DaSpookyOne_
    @_DaSpookyOne_ Рік тому

    That waterwheel could be free energy for those who live in those houses. :D

  • @englishmaninmarktredwitz2228

    Absolutely brilliant video! Thanks guys.

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 Рік тому

    Lovely film! I remember Nidderdale from the odd trip when I were a lad. I do agree that these 'lost villages' r the spookiest of the spooky.. 👻Thanks also to commentators who fill in the odd bit of info.. That's what it's all about guys! Nice one Martin. 🌟👍

  • @terryalmond8777
    @terryalmond8777 Рік тому +1

    Nice one Ceril...Grand job.

  • @bobingram6912
    @bobingram6912 Рік тому +1

    Stunning architecture in the middle of nowhere, you can see that happening these days.