1996

SH7264 : Llyn Eigiau dam

taken 29 years ago, near to Hafod-y-Rhiw [other Features], Conwy, Great Britain

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Llyn Eigiau dam.
Llyn Eigiau dam.
Dam breached during the disaster of 1925, when the dam , then holding back a hydroelectric reservoir for aluminium smelting, failed. The resultant flood killed 16 people in Dolgarrog in the main Conwy Valley below.

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Category: Reservoir > Dam
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Llyn Eigiau [10] · Eigiau Reservoir [9] · Llyn Eigiau Reservoir [4] Other Photos: · Llyn Eigiau dam ·
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SH7264, 23 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Webb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
July 1996   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 7 November, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 72 64 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 53:9.7386N 3:54.5108W
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for SH7264) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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