Aston Reservoir
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| File:Salford Lake.jpg
The north shore of the reservoir, with part of Gravelly Hill Interchange in the background
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| Location | Birmingham |
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| Type | Reservoir |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Aston Reservoir, sometimes known as Salford Lake, Salford Park Pool or Salford Bridge Reservoir, is a 19th-century reservoir, formerly used for drinking water extracted from the River Tame,[1] in Birmingham, England. It was built by the Birmingham Waterworks Company[1] and was at that time situated in the parish of Aston.[1] On 1 January 1876 the company was purchased by Birmingham Corporation Water Department.
More recently, it has been a boating lake, although this is no longer the case. In the 1950s it was used for speedboat racing.[2] The area around the reservoir is used as a park, Salford Park.
It sits immediately adjacent to Gravelly Hill Interchange, and in a bend of the river.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The History of South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, 1853 - 1989 - Johann Van Leerzem, Brian Williams
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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