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  2. Lake Vyrnwy - Wikipedia

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    Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, created in 1888 by flooding the head of the River Vyrnwy ( Welsh: Afon Efyrnwy) valley. The river flows from the dam into Shropshire where it converges with the River Severn near the village of Melverley on the Welsh border and outflows into the Bristol Channel .

  3. River Vyrnwy - Wikipedia

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    However, since the Lake Vyrnwy dam was built in the 1880s, the river has flowed directly from the base of the dam. The river runs for 39.7 miles (63.9 km), and the last 8 miles (12.9 km) form part of the Welsh/English border between Powys and Shropshire. It eventually joins the River Severn near the village of Melverley.

  4. Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Glyndŵr's Way - Wikipedia

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    Acorn symbol used to guide the route of National Trails. England. Wales. Cross-border. v. t. e. Glyndŵr's Way ( Welsh: Llwybr Glyndŵr) is a long-distance footpath in mid-Wales. It runs for 135 miles (217 km) in an extended loop through Powys between Knighton and Welshpool, and anchored on Machynlleth to the west.

  6. Llanwddyn - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Dyfnant Forest - Wikipedia

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    It is described by Lonely Planet as being "where a well-signposted maze of forestry tracks culminates in one enormous hill before descending rather spectacularly toward Lake Vyrnwy " (five miles away). [1] Dyfnant Forest has an area of 2,430 hectares (6,000 acres) located at the periphery of the Cambrian Mountains, just south of Lake Vyrnwy.

  8. Miami and Erie Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Miami and Erie Canal was a 274-mile (441 km) canal that ran from Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie. [1] Construction on the canal began in 1825 and was completed in 1845 at a cost to the state government of $8 million ($262 million in 2023). At its peak, it included 19 aqueducts, three ...

  9. Caesar Creek State Park - Wikipedia

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    Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties. [2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake. [2]