Banbury Reservoir
{{Short description|Reservoir in London, United Kingdom}}
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| location = London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Banbury Reservoir is located at Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
It is one of the storage reservoirs {{cite web |url= http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~mjneves/publicacoes_files/data/es/ponencias/por_autor/pdf/10109.pdf |title= Page 3 Lee Valley Reservoir information |access-date= 2007-11-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110124142453/http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~mjneves/publicacoes_files/data/es/ponencias/por_autor/pdf/10109.pdf |archive-date= 2011-01-24 |url-status=dead }} {{small|(183 KiB)}} Retrieved November 12, 2007 of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain in the Middle Lea Valley.
History
The reservoir was completed by and for the East London Waterworks Company in 1903, and was subsequently taken over by the newly formed Metropolitan Water Board in 1904.[http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/water%20supply%20in%20enfield%20a%20history.htm East London Waterworks-Water supply] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625232054/http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/Water%20Supply%20in%20Enfield%20A%20History.htm |date=2007-06-25 }} Retrieved November 12, 2007. The reservoir is now owned by Thames Water.
See also
References
{{Thames Water}}
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Category:Drinking water reservoirs in England