Elan Valley information

The Elan Valley (Welsh: Cwm Elan) is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". It...

The Elan Valley Reservoirs (Welsh: Cronfeydd Cwm Elan) are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley...

Look up elan or Appendix:Variations of "elan" in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Elan or Élan may refer to: Elan (Order of the Stick), in the webcomic...

The Elan Valley Railway (EVR) was a Welsh industrial railway built to assist in the construction of the Elan Valley Reservoirs in mid Wales. It was in...

The Elan aqueduct crosses Wales and the Midlands of England, running eastwards from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Mid Wales to Birmingham's Frankley Reservoir...

largest in Wales by area, with 137.31 km2 (53.02 sq mi). It includes the Elan Valley. Rhayader holds the record for the lowest-ever temperature recorded in...

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...

Corporation's scheme to construct a series of water supply reservoirs in the Elan Valley between 1892 and 1904. It housed workers and their families responsible...

to the English West Midlands from Elan Valley group of reservoirs, and to populations along the River Severn valley with water stored in Llyn Clywedog...

moors, traditionally known as Elenydd, in central Wales. Its valley is the Elan Valley. The name probably arises from elain meaning 'hind' or 'fawn'...

Claerwen reservoir and dam in Powys, Wales, were the last additions to the Elan Valley Reservoirs system built to provide water for the increasing water demand...

Tretower Castle Aberedw Castle Castell Du Bronllys Castle Cefnllys Castle Elan Valley Reservoirs Lake Vyrnwy Llangorse Lake Clywedog Reservoir Pistyll y Llyn...

schemes and fresh water schemes. His most famous projects were: Elan Valley Dam and Elan aqueduct for Birmingham Corporation Water Department, England (water...

Similarly, tap water in Birmingham is also soft as it is sourced from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales, even though groundwater in the area is hard. The...

rainforest in the Elan Valley. The Celtic rainforests in Wales are mainly situated in North Wales and Mid Wales, particularly river valleys of Ceredigion...

Frankley, and Bartley Reservoir, Bartley Green, from reservoirs in the Elan Valley, Wales. Within Birmingham the Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant, a large...

workers who built the dams—and their families, many of whom came from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales. One of the buildings was salvaged and rebuilt at...

near Bearwood, are also the route of the Elan Aqueduct which carries Birmingham's water supply from the Elan Valley. The A456 now starts on Hagley Road at...

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas, United States, designated 2014 Elan Valley Estate, Wales, United Kingdom, designated 2015 Yeongyang Firefly Eco...

railway-company of Estonia Elan Valley Railway, a defunct railway in Mid Wales Ely Valley Railway, a defunct railway in South Wales Esk Valley Railway (Scotland)...

was designed by the architect William Haywood. A scale model of the Elan Valley Reservoirs, in the form of ornamental ponds, is located in a Japanese...

September 2020. "Elan Valley reservoirs". People's Collection of Wales. Retrieved 2 September 2020. "Powys Digital History Project: Elan Valley Reservoirs"...

of a series of five dams suggests it is Rhayader, at the foot of the Elan Valley. Nearby Rusty Hill was once Builth Wells. The town of Vermillion used...

workers had previously been engaged in the construction, in Wales, of the Elan Valley Reservoirs where the accommodation was very basic. At Birchinlee, a "model...

at 645 metres (2,116 ft) above sea level. It lies to the south of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Rising above the remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian...