The Sulby Reservoir is the largest reservoir or lake in the
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...
, with an area of .
The reservoir
Sulby is an impounding reservoir. The dam was completed in 1982 and has a rock-fill embankment high. The reservoir's capacity is and the maximum depth . The water flows to Sulby Water Treatment Works, from where it is pumped to consumers.
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Geography
The reservoir is located at the top of Sulby Glen
Sulby Glen is a partly wooded glen in the parish of Lezayre in the Isle of Man. It runs north to south and is about 5 km (3 miles) long. In places the floor of the glen is only 50 metres wide, with steep sides.
The River Sulby, Sulby River r ...
near the source of the Sulby River
River Sulby or Sulby River can refer to one of two rivers on the Isle of Man:
* The longest river on the island, rising on Snaefell near the Sulby Reservoir and running north through Sulby Glen and then east, for 18 kilometers, before reachin ...
, the longest river on the island. It is at the foot of Druidale; Glen Crammag; the valley of the upper part of the Sulby River; and a fourth, unnamed minor valley, receiving water from all these rivers. It is at the junction of three parishes: Michael
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* he He ..., a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name
* Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
, Lezayre
Lezayre ( ; ), formally Kirk Christ Lezayre, is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
It is located in the north of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) in the sheading of Ayre.
Administratively, par ...
and Braddan
Braddan () is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man.
It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of Middle.
Administratively, a small part of the historic parish of Bra ...
. Sulby Reservoir is also about west of the summit of Snaefell
Snaefell () – () is the highest mountain and the only summit above on the Isle of Man, at above sea level. The summit is crowned by a railway station, cafe, several communications masts and can be reached by narrow gauge railway.
Views
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, the island's highest peak. It is operated by the Isle of Man Water Authority.
Use
The reservoir supplies the northern half of the island, St Johns, Peel
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Places Australia
* Peel (Western Australia)
* Peel, New South Wales
* Peel River (New South Wales)
Canada
* Peel Parish, New Brunswick
* Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish
* Pee ...
, Kirk Michael
Michael () is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the three historic parishes of Ballaugh, Jurby and Michael.
Historic pa ...
, Ballaugh
Ballaugh ( ; , ) is a small village in the Isle of Man in the parish of the same name, in the sheading of Michael. It is the only village in the parish.
The parish adjoins Jurby to the north, Lezayre to the east, Michael to the south and south- ...
, Andreas
Andreas () is a name derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ ''anēr'', with genitive ἀνδρός ''andros'', which means "man". See the article on Andrew for more information. The Scandinavian name is earliest attested as antreos in a runeston ...
, Bride
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When marrying, if the bride's future spouse is a man, he is usually referred to as the ''bridegroom'' or just ''groom''. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, ...
, Ramsey
Ramsey may refer to:
Companies
*Ramsey (retailer), Turkish clothing retailer People
* Ramsey (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Ramsey (surname), including a list of people with the surname
* Baron de Ramsey, a title i ...
and Laxey
Laxey () is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse ''Laxa'' meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing features are its three working vintage railways and the largest working waterwheel in the wo ...
. Water can also be pumped to the West Baldwin Reservoir
West Baldwin Reservoir (also known as Injebreck Reservoir, locally) is a reservoir on the Isle of Man, about north of Douglas which it supplies. It was constructed by building a dam across the valley of the River Glass. It is operated by the I ...
which supplies Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
* Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...
and the southern half of the island.[
The reservoir also powers a hydro-electric power station downstream. Water flows through a pipeline from the reservoir to the power station. The power station is also fed by another, smaller reservoir, Block Eary. An ]energy recovery
Energy recovery includes any technique or method of minimizing the input of energy to an overall system by the energy transfer, exchange of energy from one sub-system of the overall system with another. The energy can be in any form in either sub ...
system was installed at the Sulby Water Treatment Works in 2013, to generate hydro-electric power
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also ...
from the incoming water, which is then purified before being pumped on to customers.[
]Trout fishing
Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera ''Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the fam ...
is available and there is a large car park.[ It is also a registered dark sky discovery site.]
References
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Isle of Man reservoirs
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Bodies of water of the Isle of Man