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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 ...
Caban Coch Dam. The Elan Valley (Welsh: Cwm Elan) is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District".It covers 70 square miles (180 km 2) of lake and countryside.
Elan Village is the only purpose-built Arts and Crafts "model village" in Wales. It is served by the B4518 road which runs three miles southwestwards from Rhayader to end at the village, though continuing as a minor road to Caban-coch reservoir.
The Claerwen reservoir and dam in Powys, Wales, ... The dam is a gravity dam ... Water from the reservoir flows via an underground aqueduct to the Caban-coch ...
Craig-goch Reservoir; Penygarreg Reservoir; Garreg-ddu Reservoir; Caban-coch Reservoir; Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) - supplies water to the Liverpool area; Talybont Reservoir; Ystradfellte Reservoir; Clywedog Reservoir (Llyn Clywedog)
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.
It was, in part, the failure of the Llyn Eigiau dam, and consequent collapse of the dam of a second reservoir (Coedty) downstream, in the then Caernarvonshire (modern Gwynedd) in 1925 with the loss of 16 lives in the village of Dolgarrog which led to the enactment of the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act in 1930. Under this legislation, all ...
Caban Coch Reservoir — 519 acres (2.10 km 2) All of the above, with the exception of Bala Lake, are reservoirs held back by dams. Bala Lake was the largest natural lake in Wales though its level has been artificially controlled by sluices since about 1804. [2]