Angram and Scar House were built to supply water to the Bradford area of West Yorkshire.

When Angram was nearing completion, Bradford Corporation decided to construct a larger dam at Scar House, which would incorporate and submerge the Hayden Carr reservoir.

Scar House Reservoir was started in 1921 with direct labour under the control of Lewis Mitchell, Bradford's city engineer, and took 15 years to complete.

Evidence of the village can be seen to the left of the reservoir approach road in the form of concrete bases and also just below the car park where one of the original buildings is now used by a local farm.

[4] The Nidd Valley Light Railway was constructed to enable the reservoirs at Scar House and Angram to be completed.