Claerwen Dam

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Claerwen Dam is a large concrete gravity dam in mid-Wales, forming part of the Elan Valley reservoir system that supplies water to Birmingham.

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Claerwen Dam canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
accessibleBy minor road from Elan Valley ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionResumed after World War II ⓘ
constructionStart late 1930s ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
damType gravity dam ⓘ
designedToMatch earlier Elan Valley dams ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle stone-faced concrete ⓘ
hasSpillway overflow spillway ⓘ
hasViewpoint public viewing area near dam crest ⓘ
height about 56 metres ⓘ
impounds River Claerwen ⓘ
isOneOf largest dams in the Elan Valley scheme ⓘ
length about 355 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Elan Valley ⓘ
Mid Wales ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Elan Valley Estate ⓘ
near Rhayader ⓘ
opened 1952 ⓘ
operatedBy Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water ⓘ
ownedBy Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water ⓘ
partOf Birmingham water supply system ⓘ
Elan Valley reservoir system ⓘ
purpose water supply ⓘ
region Powys ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 48,000 megalitres ⓘ
reservoirName Claerwen Reservoir ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Birmingham ⓘ
usedFor regulating river flows ⓘ
securing drought storage ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Elan Valley → hasPart → Claerwen Dam ⓘ
Elan Valley → laterDamCompleted → Claerwen Dam ⓘ
Elan Valley reservoirs → hasStructure → Claerwen Dam ⓘ
Claerwen Reservoir → hasPart → Claerwen Dam ⓘ
River Claerwen → hasNearbyStructure → Claerwen Dam ⓘ