Frankley Reservoir (Birmingham)
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Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England. Its construction was authorised by the Birmingham Corporation Water Act of 1892. It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.
It contains 900 million litres (200 million gallons) of water received from the Elan Valley Reservoirs, 73 mi (117 km) away, in Wales, which arrives via the Elan aqueduct, by the power of gravity alone, dropping 171 feet (52 m) - an average gradient of 1 in 2,300.
Before 1987 it was leaking 540 litres (120 gallons) per second. In that year Ground-penetrating radar was used successfully to isolate the leaks.
It contains 900 million litres (200 million gallons) of water received from the Elan Valley Reservoirs, 73 mi (117 km) away, in Wales, which arrives via the Elan aqueduct, by the power of gravity alone, dropping 171 feet (52 m) - an average gradient of 1 in 2,300.
Before 1987 it was leaking 540 litres (120 gallons) per second. In that year Ground-penetrating radar was used successfully to isolate the leaks.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankley_Reservoir
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Coordinates: 52°25'15"N 1°59'49"W
- Pitsford Reservoir 75 km
- Caban Coch Reservoir 111 km
- Grafham Water Reservoir 113 km
- Claerwen Reservoir 119 km
- Llyn Brianne 124 km
- Chew Valley Lake 127 km
- Nant y Moch 127 km
- Wimbleball Lake 181 km
- Roadford Reservoir 245 km
- Colliford Lake Resevoir 275 km
- Frankley Water Treatment Works 0.2 km
- Bartley Reservoir 0.8 km
- Ley Hill Recreation Ground 1.2 km
- Shenley Academy grounds 1.5 km
- North Worcestershire Golf Course (closed) 1.6 km
- Frankley Services 1.7 km
- Northfield 1.8 km
- Balaam Wood School 2.3 km
- Edgbaston 4.1 km
- Dudley (Metropolitan Borough of) 11 km