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Rank Name Country County Grid Ref. Location Maximum volume m 3 [1] Planning date Completion date 26 Abberton: England: Essex: TL9810018300 39,000,000: 1935 [i]: 1939 175
List of dams and reservoirs; List of reservoirs in the United Kingdom by volume. Geography of the United Kingdom; List of lakes in England; List of loughs in Ireland; List of lochs in Scotland; List of lakes in Wales; List of rivers of the United Kingdom; Waterways in the United Kingdom
Lake Chesdin Reservoir was created in 1968 by construction of the George F. Brasfield Dam on the Appomattox River. [2] Lake Chesdin was built to supply water to Dinwiddie, Prince George and Chesterfield counties, along with the cities of Colonial Heights and Petersburg. [3]
United Kingdom portal The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom . This category is for articles pertaining to reservoirs in the United Kingdom .
The dam is 388 feet long and 44 feet high [2] and impounds 18 million gallons of water [3] that used to be the water source for the nearby town of Woodstock. The dam was built in 1957–1958. Use of the reservoir was discontinued in 1979 and the town now draws its water from the North Fork Shenandoah River. [4]
Because reservoirs and their containing dams present such significant potential risks many countries have put legislation in place and set safety standards, but it was not until 1930 that effective legislation was first approved for control of the design, construction and maintenance of dams and reservoirs when the Reservoirs (Safety provisions ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... All reservoirs in Virginia should be included in this category. ... List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River; A.
Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.