Tunstall Reservoir topographic map

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Tunstall Reservoir

The reservoir was created for the Weardale and Shildon District Waterworks Company, with construction of the dam between 1873 and 1879.[2][3] The earth embankment dam was built across the valley of Waskerley Beck, and measures 1,020 feet (310 m) long and 82 feet (25 m) high. It was constructed with a puddle clay core, which extended upward from the cut-off trench excavated into the rock foundation on the hillsides. A seven-foot diameter draw-off tunnel in one abutment controls reservoir elevation.

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Name: Tunstall Reservoir topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Tunstall Reservoir, Wolsingham, County Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom (54.76179 -1.90312 54.77159 -1.89359)

Average elevation: 288 m

Minimum elevation: 179 m

Maximum elevation: 352 m