Horseshoe Falls
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Horseshoe Falls is a picturesque, semicircular weir on the River Dee near Llangollen in Wales, known for feeding water into the historic Llangollen Canal and forming part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horseshoe Falls canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tourist attraction
ⓘ
weir ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Horseshoe Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1808 ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1808 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1806 ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| crosses | River Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Thomas Telford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromLlangollen | approximately 2 miles west GENERATED ⓘ |
| engineeringDiscipline | civil engineering ⓘ |
| feedsWaterTo | Llangollen Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | divert water from River Dee into Llangollen Canal ⓘ |
| hasAccess | footpath from Llangollen ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | Grade II* listed structure ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
curved masonry weir
ⓘ
intake to canal via sluices ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Denbighshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ near Llangollen ⓘ |
| managedBy | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedFor | horseshoe-like curved shape ⓘ |
| near |
Berwyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Llangollen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dee Valley landscape
ⓘ
Ellesmere Canal system NERFINISHED ⓘ Llangollen Canal World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site buffer zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Dee Valley AONB vicinity ⓘ |
| shape | semicircular ⓘ |
| touristActivity |
photography
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreation
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tourism ⓘ water supply to Llangollen Canal ⓘ |
| viewedFrom | Llangollen Railway area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourse | River Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterManagementRole | regulate flow into Llangollen Canal ⓘ |
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