2015

SP9114 : Repairing Startops Reservoir (12) Loading the Pontoon Raft with Rocks

taken 8 years ago, near to Marsworth, Buckinghamshire, England

Repairing Startops Reservoir (12) Loading the Pontoon Raft with Rocks
Repairing Startops Reservoir (12) Loading the Pontoon Raft with Rocks
The pile of rocks that been tipped over the reservoir wall is loaded onto the pontoon prior to shipping to the working site.
Next SP9114 : Repairing Startops Reservoir (13) Transporting the Rocks by Raft
Startopsend (or just Startops) Reservoir, near Tring

Startopsend Reservoir was opened in 1817 to provide water for the Grand Junction Canal (now the Grand Union Canal). All but the section of the reservoir adjacent to the Marsworth Reservoir dam are in SP9113. Most of Startopsend Reservoir is in Hertfordshire, but the northernmost part is in Buckinghamshire. It differs from the other reservoirs in the area in that it has very little natural vegetation. It has the Marsworth Reservoir dam on its eastern flank, plus the road on the Tringford Reservoir dam. The Northern edge separates it from the Grand Union Canal and the South West and North West sides are also dams. It takes the overflow water from Marsworth and Tringford Reservoirs and has no direct supply of water.


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Chris Reynolds   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 1 December, 2015   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 19 December, 2015
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9193 1405 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:49.0516N 0:40.0638W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9195 1402
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