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Chadderton Hall Lake. On July 11th 1927, the swollen River Irk to the left of the lake, overflowed its banks in torrential rain and caused the lake bank to collapse. This then added to the already swollen river, the force of which caused the canal bank to collapse which led to the Middleton Flood. '