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Taf Fechan Reservoir
 
 

The Taff Fechan gathering ground, an area of 8,351 acres,

extends from the highest point of the Breconshire Beacons (Pen-y-fan, 2,907 ft. above sea level) in a southerly direction to the reservoir embankment at Pontsticill.

 

The rainfall on the catchment area averages 72.86 inches at the Neuadd Reservoirs and about five miles south, 58.72inches at Taf Fechan Reservoir. The rainfall drains off the mountainside to the valley and is impounded in three reservoirs.

 

The first reservoir constructed for the supply of Merthyr Tydfil, was Pentwyn Reservoir (known locally as Dolygaer Lake) under an act obtained by the Merthyr Local Board of Health. in 1858.

 

The Pentwyn Reservoir was combined into the Taf Fechan reservoir which was completed in 1927.

  
 

Before the Reservoir
 

This photograph taken by the Ironmaster Robnert T. Crawshay in the 1870's shows

the area aside the Pontsticill Junction Railway Station prior to the reservoir

being built.

 

Dolygaer Church.

(postcard courtesy of the Leo Davies collection)

 
Taff Fechan Reservoir after impounding had began - 1927

 

Taff Fechan Reservoir. Work on the reservoir commenced in 1913, but ceased at the outbreak 

of World War 1, it was completed and opened in 1927.

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Pontsticill Reservoir - This shows the Taf Fechan Waterworks that filters 

the water  before it goes into the supply system - postcard courtesy of Viv Bayliss.

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Taff Fechan Waterworks - 1927.

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Taf Fechan Waterworks.

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Taff Fechan Waterworks, Tunnel and Falls.

The Reservoir.

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Taff Fechan Reservoir. - Postcard courtesy of The Leo Davies Collection.

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Everytime there is a drought, the porch to the 'old chapel' can be seen.

This photograph from the early 1980's was sent in by Phil Evans.

 
These two photographs were taken during the construction of the Reservoir in the 1920's.

 

Click Here for the Upper Nueadd Reservoir

 

 

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