Opening date 1904 Width (base) 104 ft (32 m) Address Rhayader LD6 5HS, UK Opened 1904 Phone +44 1597 810880 | Length 390 ft (119 m) Creates Craig Goch Reservoir Height 37 m Create Cronfa Ddwr Craig Goch Construction began 1897 | |
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Dam volume 80,000 cu yd (61,164 m) Total capacity 6,137 acre·ft (7,569,878 m) Similar Elan Valley Reservoirs, Claerwen, Elan aqueduct, Talybont Reservoir, Drygarn Fawr | ||
Craig goch dam in elan valley
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.
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