Caban Coch Reservoir

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man-made lake reservoir

Caban Coch Reservoir is a scenic man-made lake in the Elan Valley of mid-Wales, known for its impressive stone dam and role in supplying water to Birmingham.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caban Coch Reservoir canonical 5
Caban-coch Reservoir 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf man-made lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfDam Victorian engineering ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
constructionMaterialOfDam stone ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
createdBy Caban Coch Dam ⓘ
elevation approximately 260 metres above sea level ⓘ
feeds Garreg Ddu Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Garreg Ddu Reservoir (downstream via system)
hasAccessRoad B4518 ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea upland area of the Cambrian Mountains ⓘ
hasDamType gravity dam ⓘ
hasFeature overflowing spillway that creates waterfall effect ⓘ
stone-faced dam ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility Elan Valley ⓘ
surface form: Elan Valley Visitor Centre
hasRecreationalUse sightseeing ⓘ
walking ⓘ
wildlife watching ⓘ
hasSpillway overflow spillway over dam crest ⓘ
hasStructure Caban Coch Dam ⓘ
isPartOf historic Birmingham Corporation water scheme ⓘ
isScenic true ⓘ
locatedIn Elan Valley ⓘ
Powys ⓘ
Mid Wales ⓘ
surface form: mid-Wales
managedBy Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water ⓘ
near Elan Valley Estate ⓘ
surface form: Elan Village

Rhayader ⓘ
notUsedFor hydroelectric power generation (primary purpose) ⓘ
openedForWaterSupplyToBirmingham 1904 ⓘ
ownedBy Welsh Water ⓘ
partOf Birmingham water supply system ⓘ
Elan Valley Estate ⓘ
Elan Valley reservoirs ⓘ
surface form: Elan Valley Reservoirs

Elan Valley reservoirs ⓘ
surface form: Elan Valley waterworks scheme
purpose drinking water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
region Mid Wales ⓘ
surface form: Ceredigion and Powys border area
suppliesWaterTo Birmingham ⓘ
usedFor hydraulic head for water supply system ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
watercourse River Elan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhayader → hasNearbyReservoir → Caban Coch Reservoir ⓘ
Garreg Ddu Reservoir → managesFlowTo → Caban Coch Reservoir ⓘ
Pen-y-garreg Reservoir → near → Caban Coch Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caban-coch Reservoir
Elan Valley → hasPart → Caban Coch Reservoir ⓘ
Elan Valley reservoirs → hasPart → Caban Coch Reservoir ⓘ
Elan Valley Estate → hasPart → Caban Coch Reservoir ⓘ