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The reservoir and gatehouse were designed by Thomas Telford and the latter is a two-storey listed building in corporate BCN octagonal style, with a later extension dating from 1880. [8] In 1873, the reservoir was crossed by Charles Blondin, on a tightrope. His feat is marked by a 1992 statue on the nearby Ladywood Middleway ring road. [9]
The first recorded use of the name was in 1275. [2] A 1307 document refers to "Parc de Rotton juxta [near] Birmingham". [2] In 1826, Thomas Telford built Edgbaston Reservoir, then known as Rotton Park Reservoir, by damming a small stream.
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.
Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda, Ladywood, Birmingham. Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda was opened in Birmingham, UK in 1998 and is the only such building in traditional Burmese style in the Western hemisphere. On its grounds there are now a monastery and the teaching hall of a planned Buddhist Academy.
The Edgbaston Reservoir Company was succeeded by a company named Galaland, which formed and held the lease of the Tower and pleasure grounds from 1934, but liquidated in 1937. [31] Galaland, the lease of the reservoir, and its grounds were advertised for sale in 1938 for £600 a year. [ 32 ]
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.
It is situated on Edgbaston Reservoir in the centre of Birmingham. The club was founded in 1873 although there is reference to a 'Birmingham Soho Club' using the reservoir earlier in 1859. [1] The club, which serves Birmingham is an open rowing club for men, women, adults, juniors and veterans. It is affiliated to British Rowing. The club's ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Indiana.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).