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Aston Reservoir

Reservoir in Birmingham

52°30′32″N 1°52′03″W / 52.508797°N 1.867388°W / 52.508797; -1.867388TypeReservoirBasin countriesUnited Kingdom

Aston Reservoir, sometimes known as Salford Lake, Salford Park Pool or Salford Bridge Reservoir, is a 19th-century reservoir, formerly used for drinking water extracted from the River Tame,^[1] in Birmingham, England. It was built by the Birmingham Waterworks Company^[1] and was at that time situated in the parish of Aston.^[1] On 1 January 1876 the company was purchased by Birmingham Corporation Water Department.

It used to be a lake for boating more recently, but that is no longer the case. In the 1950s it was used for speedboat racing.^[2] The area around the reservoir is used as a park, Salford Park.

It has a capacity of 111,400 m³ (145,700 cu yd) behind an earthfill dam,^[3] and sits immediately adjacent to Gravelly Hill Interchange (aka Spaghetti Junction) of the M6 motorway and Aston Expressway, and in a bend of the river.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The History of South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, 1853 - 1989 - Johann Van Leerzem, Brian Williams
^ "BIRMINGHAM'S OUTBOARD MEETING - British Pathe". Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via Boswarva, Owen. "Large Raised Reservoirs". Retrieved 7 December 2020.