West Baldwin Reservoir (or ''Injebreck Reservoir'', locally) is a
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 ...
on the
Isle of Man
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, about north of
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
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which it supplies. It was constructed by building a dam across a valley, and flooding the valley. Remains of a village in the valley can still be seen when the reservoir level is low. It is operated by the
Isle of Man Water Authority
The Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority (Manx: ''Lught-reill Ushtey as Sornaigys Ellan Vannin'') was the statutory board responsible for water supply and sewage disposal in the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1972 as the 'Isle of Man Water ...
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History
Construction of the dam started in 1900 by the
Douglas Corporation Water Works Department. A railway was first built, including nine wooden bridges over the River Glen, to transport the required material to site. The construction was finished in 1904.
Dam
The reservoir's dam was completed in 1904. It is an earth fill embankment dam, high, which required some of earth to build. There is a vertical
puddle clay core supported by zoned earth fill shoulders. The higher part of the upstream shoulder is faced in dry rubble pitching about 60 centimetres (2 ft) thick. The crest and downstream shoulder are grassed.
West Baldwin Reservoir
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Use
The reservoir 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 W ...
, Onchan
Onchan (; glv, Kione Droghad) is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with wh ...
and the south of the island. Water can also be pumped from the Sulby Reservoir
The Sulby Reservoir is the largest reservoir or lake in the Isle of Man, 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 ...
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References
External links
Isle of Man reservoirs
Bodies of water of the Isle of Man
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