Blagdon Lake, Somerset - local postcard c.1990s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Blagdon Lake, Somerset
• Publisher:  St. Petyer's Hospice Enterprises, Bristol
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Blagdon Lake ST515597 lies in the Chew Valley at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, approximately 10 mi (16 km) south of Bristol, England. The lake was created by Bristol Water (Bristol Waterworks Company as it was known then), when it dammed the River Yeo, starting construction in 1891 and completing this in 1899. The Wrington Vale Light Railway was constructed primarily to bring building materials for the lake.

The lake still provides drinking water, but also acts as a fishing lake and nature reserve. The original suction tanks are now used for trout rearing.

The pumping station originally contained four steam engines, which have now been replaced by electric pumps. Two of the steam engines have been preserved, with one in working order as part of the visitor centre which also includes educational facilities for children.

The lake, which was originally called the Yeo reservoir, covers 440 acres (180 ha). The lake is relatively shallow, with an average depth of 14 ft (4.3 m) and only 42 ft (13 m) at its deepest point near the dam (west end of the lake). The eastern end is the shallowest where the River Yeo enters.^[1] When full it contains 8,456 million litres and supplies 9,547 million litres of water each year, and works closely with its larger neighbour Chew Valley Lake.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=somerset

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted