2020

SJ9775 : Lamaload Reservoir

taken 4 years ago, near to Rainow, Cheshire East, England

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Lamaload Reservoir
Lamaload Reservoir
Built between 1958 and 1964 by Costain Construction Company, Lamaload was the first concrete reservoir in England. At 308 metres above sea level, the dam is of a round-headed buttress type construction and can contain 420,000,000 imperial gallons (1,910,000 m³) of water forming the reservoir. (Wikipedia)

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Geographical Context: Uplands Lakes, Wetland, Bog Water resources Primary Subject: Reservoir
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lamaload Reservoir [18] · Dam at Lamaload Reservoir [7] · England [4] · Round-headed Buttress Type Construction [2] Title Clusters: · Lamaload Reservoir [5] ·
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SJ9775, 30 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Neil Theasby   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 31 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 1 August, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9725 7514 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:16.3943N 2:2.5618W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 97084 75362
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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