Sheep grazing the slope of King George's Reservoir
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Sheep grazing the slope of King George's Reservoir
Image: © Marathon Taken: 19 Apr 2017
The excavation and building of the surrounding embankment of King George's Reservoir nearly five miles in length, was carried out almost entirely by a manual labour force of 1,000 navvies, and the surplus excavated clay was spread over part of Hackney Marsh. In 1913 King George Vth and Queen Mary named the reservoir and pressed the buttons allowing water from the River Lea to start flowing into the storage bowl. This view is from Lea Valley Road. On the other side of the road is William Girling Reservoir - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5356682
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Image Location
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51.638027
Longitude
-0.016331