Craig Goch Dam

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Craig Goch Dam is a stone-built, curved gravity dam in mid-Wales, often called the “top dam” of the Elan Valley reservoirs and noted for its picturesque setting and architectural elegance.

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Label Occurrences
Craig Goch Dam canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf curved dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
reservoir dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Top Dam ⓘ
architecturalStyle Victorian ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
completionDate 1904 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1897 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy Alexander Binnie ⓘ
James Mansergh ⓘ
engineeringSignificance major component of Elan Valley waterworks scheme ⓘ
hasFeature curved masonry crest ⓘ
ornamental parapets ⓘ
stone towers ⓘ
hasRoadway road across crest ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 36 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade II* listed structure ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
length approximately 156 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Elan Valley ⓘ
Powys ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
mid-Wales ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Caban-coch Dam ⓘ
linked to: Caban Coch Dam

Garreg-ddu Dam ⓘ
linked to: Pen-y-garreg Dam

Pen-y-garreg Dam ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
near Elan Village ⓘ
linked to: Elan Valley Estate

Rhayader ⓘ
notedFor architectural elegance ⓘ
picturesque setting ⓘ
openingDate 1904 ⓘ
operator Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water ⓘ
owner Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water ⓘ
partOf Birmingham water supply system ⓘ
Elan Valley Reservoirs ⓘ
purpose regulation of river flow ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed Birmingham ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 9,200 megalitres ⓘ
reservoirName Craig Goch Reservoir ⓘ
riverCrossed River Elan ⓘ
spillwayType overflow ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elan Valley → hasPart → Craig Goch Dam ⓘ
Elan Valley reservoirs → hasStructure → Craig Goch Dam ⓘ
River Elan → impoundedBy → Craig Goch Dam ⓘ
Craig Goch Reservoir → hasPart → Craig Goch Dam ⓘ