Cae Llwyd is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

located between Llwyneinion and the

Ruabon Moors The Ruabon Moors are an area of upland moorland in Wales to the west of Ruabon and Wrexham. They lie partly within Wrexham County Borough and partly within Denbighshire. In the northern part of the moors are the areas known as Minera Mountain a ...

Wrexham County Borough Wrexham County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough, with city status in the United Kingdom, city status, in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to ...

, Wales.

Description

The reservoir is an impounded lake holding

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. It is

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...

med with a

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embankment consisting of a puddle clay core. It rises up to , holds a total water capacity of . The contract to build the reservoir was signed in 1875, with a cost of . The plans are described to be "commendably brief", only containing seven items. One of the drawings was later found in 1984 to have been drawn on the back of a print for various Mersey crossing proposals including a

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and two

tunnel A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...

s. The reservoir was constructed in 1878 by the Wrexham Waterworks Company, it is operated by

Hafren Dyfrdwy , after the two main rivers in its region, plus the Welsh incorporation type) is a water company providing water and wastewater treatment services, operating in north east and mid Wales. It provides water only in Wrexham and parts of Denbighsh ...

on behalf of

Severn Trent Severn Trent plc is a water company based in Coventry, England. It supplies 4.6 million households and business across the Midlands and Wales. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Severn Trent, the ...

. The reservoir is part of the Ty Mawr/Cae Llwyd/ Pen-y-Cae Reservoir System, one of the two reservoir systems by Hafren Dyfrdwy to supply the Wrexham Resource Zone. There is a

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site located next to the reservoir. Cold and still - geograph

References

{{Wrexham Lakes of Wales Bodies of water of Wrexham County Borough

Description

See also

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