Thirlmere

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Thirlmere
Thirlmerelakemap.jpg
Map from 1925
Geographical location Lake District , Cumbria , England
Tributaries Launchy Gill , Wyth Burn , Dob Gill
Drain St John's Beck
Location close to the shore Grasmere and Keswick
Data
Coordinates 54 ° 32 '17 "  N , 3 ° 3' 53"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 32 '17 "  N , 3 ° 3' 53"  W.
Thirlmere (England)
Thirlmere
Altitude above sea level 178  m ASL
surface 3.25 km²
length 6 km
width 300 m
volume 37.44 m³
scope 15 km
Maximum depth 40 m
Thirlmere from high up on Steel Fell.jpg
The Thirlmere seen from the south
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The Thirlmere is a lake in northern England National Park Lake District . It is about six kilometers long and 300 meters wide.

history

Originally there were two lakes at the current location of Thirlmere: Leatheswater and Wythburn . With the growth of industry in Manchester during the 19th century, the demand for water increased there. That is why the Manchester Corporation had a 20-meter-high dam built at the north end of the valley between 1890 and 1894 to unite the lakes and increase the water reserves they contain. The small village of Armboth was flooded. The required water then reached Manchester through the approximately 100-mile-long Thirlmere Aqueduct .

The name is derived from the old English thyrel and mere and is explained as "lake with the interruption / gap". “Gap” probably meant the narrow point that existed before the dam was built and that divided the lake into two parts.

Today the Thirlmere Reservoir is owned by United Utilities, a private water company .

geography

The lake is located in the valley of the same name, which connects the towns of Grasmere in the south and Keswick in the north. The road along the valley is occasionally closed in winter due to heavy snowfall and slippery ice and the highest point, Dunmail Raise, is then impassable. The Helvellyn ridge is in the east of the valley. To the west are Armboth Fell and Raven Crag, from which one has a good overview of the valley and lake.

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ Lake District Place Names , Robert Gambles, Dalesman Books, Clapham 1985

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