Tryweryn flooding
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The Tryweryn flooding, or Tryweryn drowning, was the 1965 flooding of the Tryweryn valley in Gwynedd, Wales, to create the Llyn Celyn reservoir. The flooding of the valley, located to the north west o
Llyn Celyn in January 1967, created by the flooding of the Tryweryn valley.
Protest in Liverpool against the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley, 1956
Memorial chapel for the village at Llyn Celyn
The memorial in August 2017
Capel Celyn
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Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, in the Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to
Tryweryn flooding
…Merionethshire), Wales, to create the Llyn Celyn reservoir. The flooding of the valley, located to the north west of Bala, submerged the rural community of Capel Celyn. The project was developed by Liverpool Corporation, to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry. The flooding was and remains controversial…
1963 photo of Capel Celyn
Tree stumps at Capel Celyn in 2006, exposed by low water level of reservoir