Intake Channel
Introduction
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Image: © David Squire Taken: 22 Apr 2006
This channel leads from the River Thames to the Queen Mary Reservoir, a distance of about one kilometre. As the reservoir water level is at least 10 metres higher than the river there is a pumping station at the eastern end.