Covered reservoir at Common Hill

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Covered reservoir at Common Hill

Image: © David M Clark Taken: 17 Sep 2006

Storage reservoir constructed in 1968 which drew water from the river Wye, which was treated at Broomy Hill, then pumped to a reservoir at Cockshoot, which in turn fed Common Hill and Fownhope village. More recently the Welsh Water company have tried to get planning consent to build a house here.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.008342
Longitude
-2.592178