Graig Goch reservoir and masonry dam in the Elan Valley, Powys Wales, UK
The Craig Goch Dam, often called the Top dam, is a masonry dam in the Elan Valley of Wales and creates the upper-most of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Construction on the dam began in 1897, and it was completed in 1904. The primary purpose of the dam and the other reservoirs is to supply Birmingham with water. In 1997 a 480 kW hydroelectric generator began operation at the dam. high, 480kW turbine, water leaving this turbine goes into the upper end of Pen-y-Garreg reservoir.
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Location: Elan Valley, Powys, mid Wales, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © Paul Sampson / Travel / Alamy / Afripics
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