 Also on the land he built a very large Lido, which, in 1922 was the largest in England.The fishpond created by Joseph Lowe was enhanced and upgraded to a boating lake that still exists today, the spoil from this extensive excavation was used to raise the land level for the road.Until flood prevention measures became effective in the 1950s the River Trent had regularly flooded this part of its floodplain after heavy rain.