Lake Vyrnwy
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Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy valley and submerged the vil
View overlooking Lake Vyrnwy showing the full extent of the lake
The dam under construction, c. 1885
The dam looking east, showing compensation water being released from the reservoir
Water flowing over the crest of the dam
Llanwddyn
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Llanwddyn is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The community is centred on the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir. The original Llanwddyn village, about 2 miles northwest, was submerged whe
Lake Vyrnwy
…Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy (Welsh: Afon Efyrnwy) valley and submerged the village of Llanwddyn. The Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate that surrounds the lake is jointly managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Hafren…
The Quarry, Llanwddyn
Llanwddyn Dam c.1885 under construction
St Wddyn's Church, dating from 1888
Lake Vyrnwy Hotel, Llanwddyn