Burnhope Reservoir
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title:
Burnhope Reservoir
text:
Burnhope Reservoir is a reservoir above the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England. The reservoir was created by the construction of an earth embankment dam across the valley of Burnhope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) above Wearhead. Construction of the dam began in 1931 and was completed in 1937; an extensive network of narrow gauge railways, the Burnhope Reservoir railway, was used during the construction of the dam. Filling of the reservoir commenced in 1936 a
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description:
A reservoir in County Durham, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnhope_Reservoir
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date modified:
2020-09-30T11:52:48Z
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