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Cow Green Reservoir, Dufton
Cow Green Reservoir
Cow Green Dam
civil parish:-   Dufton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   reservoir
locality type:-   lake
locality type:-   dam
coordinates:-   NY80503020 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY8030
10Km square:-   NY83
altitude:-   1604 feet (top water level) 
altitude:-   489m (top water level) 
county:-   Durham
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary

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BQS27.jpg (taken 1.6.2009)  
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BQS24.jpg  Plaque:-
"THE TEES VALLEY AND CLEVELAND WATER BOARD / COW GREEN RESERVOIR / Opened ... / 22nd JULY 1971 / ... / Consulting engineers Rote, Kennard and Lapworth Westminster / Contractors The Mitchell Construction Company Ltd Peterborough" (taken 1.6.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 6 8) 
placename:-  Weel, The
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
OS County Series (Wmd 6 12) 
Stretch of river. 
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Weel, The
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5NY83SW.jpg
"The Weel"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn; on county boundary 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY73.jpg
outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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GRA1Wd.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Weel, The
source data:-   Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw21.jpg
"The Weel"
lake; on county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wheel, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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HA18.jpg
"The Wheel"
no symbol 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   roughly old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Wield, The
placename:-  Wheel, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY73.jpg
"The Wield or Wheel"
Outline with form lines / hill hachuring ? 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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BQS25.jpg  Plaque:-
"THE TEES VALLEY AND CLEVELAND WATER BOARD / COW GREEN DAM / Constructed 1967-1970 / Length of dam 1,875 feet 572 metres / Height of dam 82 feet 25 metres / Area of reservoir 770 acres 310 hectares / Top water level of reservoir 1,603 feet above sea level 489 metres above sea level / Reservoir capacity 2,000,000,000 gallons 41,000,000 cubic metres" (taken 1.6.2009)  
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BQS28.jpg (taken 1.6.2009)  

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BQS20.jpg  The dam,
(taken 1.6.2009)  
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BQS26.jpg  The dam,
(taken 1.6.2009)  
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BQS21.jpg  The dam,
(taken 1.6.2009)  
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BQS22.jpg  The dam,
(taken 1.6.2009)  
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BQS23.jpg  The dam,
(taken 1.6.2009)  
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