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Caban-coch dam, summer 2009. In the early 1970s, it was proposed that the Craig-goch reservoir should be substantially increased in size with a new and higher downstream dam together with another dam to the north-west, impounding water that would otherwise have flowed down the Ystwyth valley. This scheme would have created a huge reservoir ...
Elan Village is the only purpose-built Arts and Crafts "Model Village" in Wales. It is also famous for its picturesque scenery. Over 80% of the valley is designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest , and a popular cycle trail, the Elan Valley Trail , makes a loop from Rhayader around the reservoirs.
Footbridge over the Afon Elan below Caban Coch dam. Afon Elan (Welsh for 'River Elan') is a tributary of the River Wye which runs through the wide expanse of upland moors, traditionally known as Elenydd, in central Wales.
In the early 1960s, 70 people were forced to leave their homes in Capel Celyn before the whole valley was flooded, and the Llyn Celyn reservoir built to supply water to Liverpool, England, 60 miles (95 km) away. Birmingham Corporation had one hundred occupants moved out of their homes in the Elan Valley, Powys, to build the reservoirs. [18] [19]
Elan Village chapel. Elan Village (Welsh: Pentre Elan) is a small purpose-built community in Powys, Wales.It was designed by architect Herbert Tudor Buckland as part of Birmingham Corporation's scheme to construct a series of water supply reservoirs in the Elan Valley between 1892 and 1904.
Rank Name Country County Grid Ref. Location Maximum volume m 3 [1] Planning date Completion date 26 Abberton: England: Essex: TL9810018300 39,000,000: 1935 [i]: 1939 175
The Claerwen reservoir and dam in Powys, Wales, were the last additions to the Elan Valley Reservoirs system built to provide water for the increasing water demand of the city of Birmingham and the West Midlands. The dam is built mainly of concrete, with the exterior dam face in dressed stone.
The Craig Goch Dam, often called the Top dam, is a masonry dam in the Elan Valley of Wales and creates the upper-most of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Construction on the dam began in 1897, and it was completed in 1904. The primary purpose of the dam and the other reservoirs is to supply Birmingham with water.