We walked around Baitings Reservoir and across the dam as part of a walk on 25 March 12016 .Construction of the dam was completed 1956 and it started to fill after the valves letting the river flow through the dam were closed on 29 February 1956.
The reservoirs catchment area is mainly rough open moorland and the River Ryburn which flows through the valley. The reservoir occupies 93 acres and holds 641,000,000 gallons of water.
The dam is a mass concrete gravity structure and is 470m long and 51m high.
The reservoirs catchment area is mainly rough open moorland and the River Ryburn which flows through the valley. The reservoir occupies 93 acres and holds 641,000,000 gallons of water.
The dam is a mass concrete gravity structure and is 470m long and 51m high.
View of the reservoir with the dam in the distance.
Another view across the reservoir a road bridge on the the far side of the reservoir.
On the South side of the reservoir.
Good view of the dam.
Looking down the overflow. The dam as full when we visited with wind driven waves cascading down the spill way.
View of the dam as we headed away on the next part of our walk.
Down stream from the dam. The River Ryburn flows through the wooded valley as it has done for centuries.
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