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A view along the winding road beside the rock strewn bed of the Elan river. This photograph shows the landscape to be lost with the flooding of the valley under the huge Birmingham City Council waterworks scheme started in 1893.

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Item uploaded: 16/02/2010

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CREATOR: Hudson's series

OWNER: Powys County Archives Office

PUBLISHER REFERENCE: GTJ61112

Item Created: 1890

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  • The Construction of Elan Valley Reservoir

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