The Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 claimed the lives of 240 people and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses under water when a poorly-constructed dam collapsed. BBC Homepage.

Sheffield historian and author Mick Drewery has written the first of two special articles to mark the anniversary of the disaster of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.

Site of Shuttle House, Bacon Island, Sheffield Flood. 12th March 1864. The Great Sheffield Flood – as it became known – devastated parts of the city when the Dale Dyke Dam broke as its ...

The Great Sheffield Flood occurred at a time when the Industrial Revolution was bringing great expansion to the area. The dam, built north of Sheffield, was part of a larger effort to improve the ...

In continuing the A-Z of the Great Sheffield Flood victims buried in Loxley Cemetery, I must begin part two by going back to ‘B’ and the Bates family, as it was remiss of me not to mention ...

The Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 happened when the Dale Dyke Dam at Bradfield collapsed on 11 March. More than 690 million gallons (3.14 billion litres) ...

IMPROVEMENT works at the reservoir that caused the catastrophic Great Sheffield Flood in the 19th century are to be carried out by Yorkshire Water. All Sections. News you can trust since 1754.

The Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 claimed the lives of 240 people and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses under water when a poorly-constructed dam collapsed. BBC Homepage.

The 160th anniversary of a flood in which more than 250 people drowned and 5,000 homes were put under water has been marked in South Yorkshire. The Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 happened when the ...