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The Trent–Severn Waterway is a 386-kilometre-long (240 mi) canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn. Its major natural waterways include the Trent River , Otonabee River , Kawartha Lakes , Lake Simcoe , Lake Couchiching and Severn River .
1928(note that the 1928 map is actually March 1929 in the bottom right corner, but based on the A from 40A remaining on this other 1929 map, it's probably from after March) − 1929; − 1932; − 1933; − June 1, 1934: not online yet. − September 1, 1934: not online yet. − January 1, 1935: not online yet. - 1935 (map 6192 on tsl.state.tx ...
The Clywedog Reservoir (Welsh: Llyn Clywedog) is a reservoir near Llanidloes, Wales on the head-waters of the River Severn.The construction of the reservoir was enabled by an act of Parliament, the Clywedog Reservoir Joint Authority Act 1963 (c. xxxi), which asserted that "At certain times the flow of water in the river is inadequate ... unless that flow were regulated so as to ensure that at ...
The Severn Trent Water Authority was established in 1974. [4] In July 1989, the Severn Trent Water Authority was partially privatised under the Water Act 1989, together with the rest of the water supply and sewage disposal industry in England and Wales, to form Severn Trent Water, with a responsibility to supply freshwater and treat sewage for around 8 million people living in the Midlands of ...
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Tittesworth Reservoir is a water storage reservoir near Leek , Staffordshire , England , fed by the River Churnet . The reservoir and associated water treatment works are owned and operated by Severn Trent Water .
The reservoirs cover 198.50 square kilometres, and can hold 463,692 million litres. The main beneficiary of the reservoirs' water is Sheffield, less than 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away, but the reservoirs are also connected to the Severn Trent's water grid that extends to mid-Wales and Gloucestershire. The reservoirs were originally intended to ...
View over the aqueduct as it crosses the River Severn. Work on the first 13 miles (21 km) of the route from the Elan Valley was started in June 1896 by Birmingham Corporation Water Department. The aqueduct was built in sections by outside contractors, using three types of construction depending on the nature of the terrain it had to cross.
In 1914, contracts were let to have 3 locks built to connect the Severn River to Georgian Bay at Port Severn, Big Chute, and Swift Rapids. With the start of World War I, however, there was a shortage of manpower and resources. Lock 45 at Port Severn was nearing completion, so it was finished as a small, "temporary" lock.