:Craig Goch Dam

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{{Infobox dam

| name = Craig Goch Dam

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| image = File:Craig Goch dam - geograph.org.uk - 480379.jpg

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| location_map = Wales

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| location_map_caption = Location of dam in Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52|18|17|N|03|37|26|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| construction_began = 1897

| opening = 1904

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| dam_height = {{Convert|120|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_length = {{Convert|390|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_width_crest =

| dam_width_base = {{Convert|104|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_volume = {{Convert|80000|yd3|m3|0|abbr=on}}

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| res_name = Craig Goch Reservoir

| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|6137|acre.ft|m3|0|abbr=on}}

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| res_surface = {{Convert|217|acre|km2|0|abbr=on}}

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| plant_commission = 1997

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| plant_turbines = 1 x Francis-type

| plant_capacity = 480 kW

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{{Commons category|Craig Goch Dam}}

The Craig Goch Dam, often called the Top dam, is a masonry dam in the Elan Valley of Wales and creates the upper-most of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Construction on the dam began in 1897, and it was completed in 1904. The primary purpose of the dam and the other reservoirs is to supply Birmingham with water.{{cite web|title=CRAIG GOCH DAM, ELAN VALLEY WATER SCHEME|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/32521/details/CRAIG+GOCH+DAM,+ELAN+VALLEY+WATER+SCHEME/|publisher=Royal Commission|accessdate=17 March 2011}}{{cite web|title=The Elan Valley dams - Craig Goch dam|url=http://history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/craig.html|publisher=Powys Digital History Project|accessdate=17 March 2011}} In 1997, a 480 kW hydroelectric generator began operation at the dam.{{cite web|title=Dams & Reservoirs|url=http://www.elanvalley.org.uk/dams-reservoirs/|publisher=Elan Valley|accessdate=19 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324231554/http://www.elanvalley.org.uk/dams-reservoirs/|archivedate=24 March 2011}}{{cite web|title=Elan Valley Hydro Scheme|url=http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/hydrocase.htm#The%20four%20dams%20involved|publisher=University of Strathclyde|accessdate=19 March 2011|archive-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323180702/http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/hydrocase.htm#The%20four%20dams%20involved|url-status=dead}}

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