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Edgbaston Reservoir, originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir and referred to in some early maps as Rock Pool Reservoir, [1] is a canal feeder reservoir in Birmingham, England, [2] [3] maintained by the Canal & River Trust. [4] It is situated close to Birmingham City Centre and is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. [5]
On the south side of the main pool, completed in 1790 and whose capacity is 59,100 m 3 (77,300 cu yd), is an earthfill dam holding the water in and a small weir. [2] The site is adjacent to Winterbourne Botanic Garden and Edgbaston Golf Course and close to the University of Birmingham. Access can be gained when visiting Winterbourne Botanic ...
Edgbaston Reservoir (Birmingham) Frankley Reservoir (Birmingham) Lifford Reservoir (Birmingham) Netherton Reservoir, Dudley; Olton Reservoir, Solihull; Perry Barr Reservoir (covered) (Birmingham) Witton Lakes (Birmingham) see also Elan Valley Reservoirs (Wales) which were built by, and supply, Birmingham
Edgbaston means "village of a man called Ecgbald", from the Old English personal name + tun "farm". The personal name Ecgbald means "bold sword" (literally "bold edge"). The name was recorded as a village known as Celboldistane in the Hundred of Coleshill in the 1086 Domesday Book [3] until at least 1139, wrongly suggesting that Old English stān "stone, rock" is the final element of the name.
Fingerpost at Rotton Park Junction on the New Main Line crossroads showing the Old Main Line loops left and right) The Icknield Port Loop (originally the Rotton Park Loop) [1] is a 0.6-mile (1 km) loop of the eighteenth-century-built Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769 and in some definitions ...
Edgbaston Waterworks. Edgbaston Waterworks (Edgbaston Pumping Station) (grid reference) lies to the east of Edgbaston Reservoir, two miles west of the centre of Birmingham, England. The buildings were designed by John Henry Chamberlain and William Martin around 1870. The engine house, boiler house, and chimney are Grade II listed buildings.
The dam was described as in “fair” condition in a March 2023 inspection, the inventory said. The town of Lake Lure has been trying to replace the aging dam. As of June 2023, ...
Edgbaston Reserve, formerly Edgbaston Station, is a 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) nature reserve in central Queensland, Australia, 140 kilometres (87 mi) north-east of Longreach. It lies in the upper catchment of Pelican Creek, which flows into the Thomson River and, ultimately, into Lake Eyre .