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Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower. / 52.7699; -3.4658. The Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy is an intake tower built to extract water from the lake. The tower stands on the north shore of Lake Vyrnwy, near the village of Llanwddyn, in Powys, Wales. The Lake Vyrnwy dam project was designed to provide a water supply to the city of Liverpool and work on ...
The Vyrnwy dam is 44 metres (144 ft) high from the bottom of the valley, and 39 metres (128 ft) thick at the base; it is 358 metres (1,175 ft) long and has a road bridge running along the top. It is decorated with 31 arches each spanning 7.3 metres (24 ft) and two small towers each with four corner turrets rising 4.3 metres (14 ft) above the ...
Caban-coch Reservoir c. 1963. / 52.27222°N 3.68889°W / 52.27222; -3.68889. The Elan Valley Reservoirs ( Welsh: Cronfeydd Cwm Elan) are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation Water Department, provide ...
confluence with River Severn near Melverley. • coordinates. 52°44′11″N 2°59′48″W / . 52.7363°N 2.9966°W. / 52.7363; -2.9966. Length. 40 mi (64 km) The River Vyrnwy ( Welsh: Afon Efyrnwy, pronounced [ɛˈvərnʊɨ]) flows through northern Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England. The name derives from Severn, the river of which ...
52.7613°N 3.4517°W. / 52.7613; -3.4517. The Quarry, Llanwddyn. Llanwddyn ( Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The community is centred on the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir. The original Llanwddyn village, about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest, was submerged when the reservoir was created in the 1880s.
June 26, 2024 at 6:08 AM. The city of Austin will begin construction on a half-mile pedestrian bridge over Lady Bird Lake in East Austin on Monday. The bridge will connect Longhorn Shores ...
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks. The Lake Vyrnwy dam was built to impound drinking water for Liverpool in the 1880s. Liverpool Corporation Waterworks and its successors have provided a public water supply and sewerage and sewage treatment services to the city of Liverpool, England. In 1625 water was obtained from a single well and delivered by ...
The Pontiac Lake Road Bridge over the Clinton River in Waterford Township is closed. ... Due to the hole, the project's start date has been moved up to Monday, May 13.