2010

SH7265 : The breach in the dam wall, Llyn Eigiau reservoir

taken 15 years ago, near to Llyn Eigiau Reservoir [water Feature], Conwy, Great Britain

The breach in the dam wall, Llyn Eigiau reservoir
The breach in the dam wall, Llyn Eigiau reservoir
This gap testifies to the breach that resulted in the Dolgarrog Disaster of 2nd November 1925. Here, the dam wall, built on unstable glacial moraine debris, rather than bedrock, gave way resulting in 16 lives being lost, Coedty Reservoir being swamped and Dolgarrog flash flooded by waters which shifted 200 ton boulders and swept cottages away.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Jeremy Bolwell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Category: Reservoir dam
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Llyn Eigiau [17] · Breached Dam of Llyn Eigiau [8] · Llyn Eigiau Reservoir [8] · Breach in the Dam Wall [6] · Water [6] · Boulders [3] · Flash Floods [3] · Resulting [2] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
SH7265, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jeremy Bolwell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 13 July, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 15 July, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 722 654 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:10.2688N 3:54.7497W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 723 654
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image classification(about): Geograph
This page has been viewed about 331 times
You are not logged in | login | register