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Talybont Reservoir

Talybont Reservoir
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Location Brecon Beacons, Wales
Coordinates 51°51′40″N 3°18′30″W / 51.86111°N 3.30833°W / 51.86111; -3.30833Coordinates: 51°51′40″N 3°18′30″W / 51.86111°N 3.30833°W / 51.86111; -3.30833
Type Reservoir
Basin countries United Kingdom
Surface area 318 acres (129 ha)

Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres (1.29 km2). Talybont-on-Usk is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream of the dam.

Construction of the current dam started in 1931, and in 1939 the reservoir started supplying Newport with treated water.



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