Caban Coch (Red Cabin) Dam and Reservoir,Height 37m Length 186m. It was designed to look like a waterfall,overflowing after heavy rain.Elan Valley, Elan Valley Estate,owned,by,Dwr Cymru,Welsh Water,west, of,Rhayader, Powys,Mid,West Wales,Welsh,Elan Valley,is,1% of Wales,covers,an,area,of,72,square,miles,and,is,known,as,Lake District, of Wales,Lake District of Wales, There are 6 dams in the area creating reservoirs that were built a hundred years ago,and,are,an,epic,feat,of,civil,engineering,feeding into a 73 mile gravity driven aqueduct to supply clean water to the city of Birmingham,England.

Caban Coch (Red Cabin) Dam and Reservoir,Height 37m Length 186m. It was designed to look like a waterfall,overflowing after heavy rain.Elan Valley, Elan Valley Estate,owned,by,Dwr Cymru,Welsh Water,west, of,Rhayader, Powys,Mid,West Wales,Welsh,Elan Valley,is,1% of Wales,covers,an,area,of,72,square,miles,and,is,known,as,Lake District, of Wales,Lake District of Wales, There are 6 dams in the area creating reservoirs that were built a hundred years ago,and,are,an,epic,feat,of,civil,engineering,feeding into a 73 mile gravity driven aqueduct to supply clean water to the city of Birmingham,England. Stock Photo

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Elan Valley, west of Rhayader Powys Mid Wales. Caban Coch is the lowest link in a chain of 6 dams and reservoirs built a hundred years ago feeding into a 73 mile gravity driven aqueduct to supply clean water to the city of Birmingham.The Elan Valley Reservoirs 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 clean drinking water for Birmingham in the West Midlands of England.

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