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| The mountainous terrain of Mid-Wales was the location chosen by the Birmingham Corporation Water Committee to build a series of dams in the Elan Valley, Radnorshire, now part of Powys, during the latter years of the nineteenth century. These facilities enabled the capture of vast quantities of rainfall water which was piped by gravity to reservoirs on the outskirts of Birmingham in order to augment the city's dwindling and polluted supply which by this time had become totally inadequate for and unfit for purpose. Today these facilities still provide Birmingham with a major part of it's water supply and since the innauguration of the scheme it has become a major tourist attraction in itself and continues to be so today. This gallery illustrates the area and it's features in the 21st. century, together with short explanatory captions. |
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A contemporary view of the Elan Valley |
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