Aston Reservoir, sometimes known as Salford Lake, Salford Park Pool or Salford Bridge Reservoir, is a 19th-century
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
, formerly used for
drinking water
Drinking water is water that is used in drink or food preparation; potable water is water that is safe to be used as drinking water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies, and depends on physical activity level, a ...
extracted from the
River Tame,
[The History of South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, 1853 - 1989](_blank)
- Johann Van Leerzem, Brian Williams in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
, England. It was built by the
Birmingham Waterworks Company
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the Wes ...
and was at that time situated in the parish of
Aston.
On 1 January 1876 the company was purchased by
Birmingham Corporation Water Department.
More recently, it has been a boating lake, although this is no longer the case. In the 1950s it was used for
speedboat racing.
The area around the reservoir is used as a
park, Salford Park.
It has a capacity of behind an earthfill dam,
[Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via ] and sits immediately adjacent to
Gravelly Hill Interchange
The Gravelly Hill Interchange, popularly known as Spaghetti Junction, is a road junction in Birmingham, England. It is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38(M) Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham. The inter ...
, and in a bend of the river.
References
External links
Midland Hydroplane Meeting, 1952(
Pathé newsreel
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)
History of Birmingham, West Midlands
Former drinking water reservoirs in England
Reservoirs in Birmingham, West Midlands
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