gambino
08-03-2010, 04:19 PM
The Meanwood Beck is a stream in West Yorkshire, England, which flows through Adel, Meanwood and Sheepscar into the River Aire in central Leeds. In older texts it was sometimes referred to as the Sheepscar Beck, however that term has fallen out of use. The beck was a source of water for the village of Headingley and two of its earliest bridges led straight to it. The beck has shrunk considerably over the years as water is collected in the many drains in the centre of one of Britain's largest cities. It provides water and drainage for Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.
In the 16th to 18th centuries it provided power for corn mills[1]. In the 19th century it supplied water for a chemical works and tanneries[1], one of which, Sugarwell Court, is now a university hall of residence.
It suffered a serious pollution incident on 29 March 1999 when an oil tank at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall was overfilled and 10,000 litres of oil flowed into the Beck.[2] It is also a habitat for the indigenous European crayfish, which is currently threatened in the UK by a plague carried by the Signal Crayfish introduced from America. As well as the crayfish there is also bull head fish present which can be found easliy with a net and a pair of waders, they generally are located on the stream bed in the mud and silt.
(Wikipedia)
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In the 16th to 18th centuries it provided power for corn mills[1]. In the 19th century it supplied water for a chemical works and tanneries[1], one of which, Sugarwell Court, is now a university hall of residence.
It suffered a serious pollution incident on 29 March 1999 when an oil tank at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall was overfilled and 10,000 litres of oil flowed into the Beck.[2] It is also a habitat for the indigenous European crayfish, which is currently threatened in the UK by a plague carried by the Signal Crayfish introduced from America. As well as the crayfish there is also bull head fish present which can be found easliy with a net and a pair of waders, they generally are located on the stream bed in the mud and silt.
(Wikipedia)
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeck640x480.jpg?t=1268061429
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeck5640x480.jpg?t=1268061446
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeck1640x480.jpg?t=1268061534
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeck2640x480.jpg?t=1268061483
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/EH640x480.jpg?t=1268061552
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeckTrip29640x480.jpg?t=1268061587
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeckTrip28640x480.jpg?t=1268061601
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeckTrip24640x480.jpg?t=1268061620
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz94/gambino82_photos/MeanwoodBeckTrip21640x480.jpg?t=1268061635