Frankley Reservoir
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox lake Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water.[1] Its construction was authorised by the Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. clxxiii) It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.[2]
It contains Script error: No such module "convert". of water received from the Elan Valley Reservoirs,[2] Script error: No such module "convert". away, in Wales, which arrives via the Elan aqueduct, by the power of gravity alone, dropping Script error: No such module "convert". – an average gradient of 1 in 2,300.
Before 1987 it was leaking Script error: No such module "convert". per second. In that year ground-penetrating radar was used successfully to isolate the leaks.[2]
See also
References
External links
- History
- Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".