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Llwyn-on Reservoir, the Glossary

Llwyn-on Reservoir (or Llwyn Onn Reservoir) is the largest and southernmost of the three reservoirs in the Taf Fawr valley in South Wales.^[1]

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Bodies of water of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Bodies of water of Rhondda Cynon Taf
Cardiff Corporation Waterworks
Dams in Wales
Reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons National Park
River Taff

A470 road

The A470 (also named the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road) is a trunk road in Wales.

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Beacons Reservoir

Beacons Reservoir is the northernmost of the three reservoirs in the Taff Fawr valley in South Wales. Llwyn-on Reservoir and Beacons Reservoir are Cardiff Corporation Waterworks and river Taff.

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Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent

Beaufort (Cendl or Y Cendl) is a community and village located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent.

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Bird hide

A bird hide (blind or bird blind in North America) is a shelter, often camouflaged, that is used to observe wildlife, especially birds, at close quarters.

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Bodmin

Bodmin (Bosvena) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Brecon

Brecon (Aberhonddu), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town in Powys, mid Wales.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

Brecon Beacons National Park, officially named Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, is a national park in Wales.

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Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.

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Cadair Fawr

Cadair Fawr is a hill in the northern corner of the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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Cantref Reservoir is the middle of the three reservoirs in the Taff Fawr valley in Wales. Llwyn-on Reservoir and Cantref Reservoir are Cardiff Corporation Waterworks, reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons National Park and river Taff.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Cardiff Corporation Waterworks

Cardiff Corporation Waterworks, its predecessors and successors have provided a public water supply and sewerage and sewage treatment services to the Welsh city of Cardiff since 1850.

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Cefn-coed-y-cymmer

Cefn-coed-y-cymmer is a small community on the northwestern edge of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales.

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Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar

Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, CBE, KStJ, VD (10 April 1867 – 3 May 1934), was a Welsh peer.

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Cyfarthfa Ironworks

The Cyfarthfa Ironworks were major 18th- and 19th-century ironworks in Cyfarthfa, on the north-western edge of Merthyr Tydfil, in South West Wales.

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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit company which supplies drinking water and wastewater services to most of Wales and parts of western England that border Wales.

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Dogging (sexual slang)

Dogging is a British English slang term for engaging in sexual acts in a public or semi-public place or watching others doing so.

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Embankment dam

An embankment dam is a large artificial dam.

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Environmental sculpture

Environmental sculpture is sculpture that creates or alters the environment for the viewer, as opposed to presenting itself figurally or monumentally before the viewer.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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GKN

GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England.

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Great Central Railway (Nottingham)

The Great Central Railway (Nottingham) (formerly known as the Nottingham Heritage Railway) is a heritage railway located at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre (NTHC), on the south side of the village of Ruddington, in Nottinghamshire.

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HM Treasury

His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Hudswell Clarke

Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Hunslet Engine Company

The Hunslet Engine Company is a locomotive building company, founded in 1864 in Hunslet, England.

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John Frederick Bateman

John Frederick La Trobe Bateman (30 May 1810 – 10 June 1889) was an English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry.

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Kitson and Company

Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Lisvane Reservoir

Lisvane Reservoir at Lisvane, Cardiff, south Wales is one of several reservoirs constructed as part of the Taff Fawr scheme for supplying water to Cardiff, completed in 1886. Llwyn-on Reservoir and Lisvane Reservoir are Cardiff Corporation Waterworks.

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Llanishen Reservoir

Llanishen Reservoir (Cronfa Ddŵr Llanisien) is a Victorian reservoir in north Cardiff, Wales. Llwyn-on Reservoir and Llanishen Reservoir are Cardiff Corporation Waterworks.

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Local and personal acts of Parliament (United Kingdom)

Local and personal acts are laws in the United Kingdom which apply to a particular individual or group of individuals, or corporate entity.

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Local government in Wales

Local government in Wales is primarily undertaken by the twenty-two principal councils.

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Manning Wardle

Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

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Neath

Neath (Castell-nedd) is a market town and community situated in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales.

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Nidd Valley Light Railway

Nidd Valley Light Railway was a light railway in upper Nidderdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Pengam

Pengam is a former coal village and community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, in Wales.

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Reservoir

A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.

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Rhondda Cynon Taf

Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

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River Taff

The River Taff (Afon Taf) is a river in Wales.

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Sharp, Stewart and Company

Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.

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Taff Trail

The Taff Trail (Taith Taf) is a walking and cycle path that runs for between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in Wales. Llwyn-on Reservoir and Taff Trail are river Taff.

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Taff Vale Railway

The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. Llwyn-on Reservoir and Taff Vale Railway are river Taff.

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Thomas Hawksley

Thomas Hawksley (–) was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with early water supply and coal gas engineering projects.

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The Welsh National Water Development Authority (WNWDA) (Awdurdod Cenedlaethol Datblygu Dwr Cymru in Welsh) and later the Welsh Water Authority was one of ten regional water authorities set up in the UK and came into existence on 6 August 1973 with its headquarters in Brecon.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llwyn-on_Reservoir

Also known as Llwyn-On Lake.

Llwyn-on Reservoir, the Glossary

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See also

Bodies of water of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

Bodies of water of Rhondda Cynon Taf

Cardiff Corporation Waterworks

Dams in Wales

Reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons National Park

River Taff

References