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Caban Coch Reservoir in the Elan Valley
Caban Coch Reservoir in the Elan Valley - by Karen Lee ©
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Caban Coch Reservoir in the Elan Valley

The Elan Valley Reservoirs are lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers in Mid Wales . The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation water Department to provide clean drinking water for Birmingham in the West Midlands. The area of the 5 reservoirs measures 9 miles (14.5 km) from west to east and around 6.5 miles (10.5 km) from north to south. It was thirteen years from 1893 to 1906 to complete four of the dams and Over 50,000 men were employed on the construction sites.
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Photographer: © Karen Lee (Gallery)(7th June 2013)

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Comment by MikeT(7th June 2013)

A very beautiful capture Karen, and good info

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Comment by Vince Hawthorn(7th June 2013)

Beautiful Karen, an excellent shot and interesting info.

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Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 600D
Exposure Program: Landscape, Focal length: 28 mm, Aperture: f 11.3, ISO: 100, Exposure time: 1/200 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: June 2, 2013, 12:06 pm
ImageID:1176212, Image size: 5184 x 3456 pixels