The Elan Valley dams
From Shelley to the Dambusters
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The dams, reservoirs, and 73 mile aqueduct of
the ElanValley waterworks in mid-Wales were built a hundred years ago
to supply desperately needed clean water to the city of Birmingham in
the English midlands.
It was an epic feat of civil engineering, and the remarkable story of the Elan Valley dams includes the poet Shelley and the Dambusters of the Second World War.
Use the links below to pages on many aspects of the story of the dams.
Photograph by kind permission of the Rhayader
& District History Archives:
Visit their website at
http://www.british-archives.co.uk
Visitor Centre
is located on the road
to the dams.
It includes displays
on the history of
the project.
There is also a
cafe and shop.
