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Construction of the reservoir for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks involved flooding the village of Capel Celyn and adjacent farmland, a deeply controversial move. Much of the opposition was brought about because the village was a stronghold of Welsh culture and the Welsh language, whilst the reservoir was being built to supply water to Liverpool and parts of the Wirral peninsula in England ...
List of dams and reservoirs; List of reservoirs in the United Kingdom by volume. Geography of the United Kingdom; List of lakes in England; List of loughs in Ireland; List of lochs in Scotland; List of lakes in Wales; List of rivers of the United Kingdom; Waterways in the United Kingdom
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 Agden: England: South Yorkshire: SK2610092300
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Haweswater is a reservoir in the valley of Mardale, Cumbria in the Lake District, England.Work to raise the height of the original natural lake was started in 1929. It was controversially dammed after the UK Parliament passed a local act of Parliament, the Manchester Corporation Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5.
The Upper Derwent Valley is an area of the Peak District National Park in England. It largely lies in Derbyshire, but its north eastern area lies in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Its most significant features are the Derwent Dams, Ladybower, Derwent and Howden, which form Ladybower Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Howden Reservoir respectively.