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A bendy bridge over a reservoir

By Ffynnoncadno  
Careg Ddu Dam wall in the Elan Valley, providing water for Birmingham. Sometimes called the submerged dam.
The water supply from the Elan Valley goes over 70 miles to Birmingham by a special pipeline called an 'aqueduct'.
It travels all that way 'downhill' by gravity without being pumped, but to do that it has to start from a higher level than the reservoir at the far end.
The water enters the aqueduct through a special valve tower just above this submerged dam. You can see this tower, called 'Foel Tower' beyond the bridge in the photograph.The underwater dam does the job of keeping the Garreg-ddu Reservoir water level high enough to keep the flow going at all times.

Tags: Reservoir Elan valley Landscape and travel Elan valley wales Reservoir water Birmingham water supply

Voters: cabbie, mike9005, Jasper87 and 32 more


Uploaded:
31 Jul 2022 8:15AM
Camera:
Canon EOS 1200D (Rebel T5)
Lens:
EF24-105mm F/4L IS USM
Shutter Speed:
1/125s
Aperture:
f/7.1
ISO:
100
Focal Length:
28.0 mm
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Comments


mrtower 8 England
31 Jul 2022 8:33AM
great mono
jeff
RonDM Plus
8 417 United Kingdom
31 Jul 2022 8:58AM
A superb monochrome image

Ron
kaybee 18 8.5k 28 Scotland
31 Jul 2022 10:02AM
Clever folk those Victorian engineers.
Minty805 Plus
6 51 10 United Kingdom
31 Jul 2022 10:55AM
We could do with some of that water down here. Cracking shot, though, with its s-curve bridge and powerful sky.
ZenTony Plus
7 22 7 United Kingdom
31 Jul 2022 2:50PM
Terrific detail and composition John.
Tony
chataignier Plus
10 247 14 France
5 Aug 2022 5:09PM
I've been back to this a couple of times, this time with an award for the composition and for the menacing sky
David

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