Reservoir
Vartry Reservoir
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Claire
October 14, 2016
A beautiful walk around the shores of the Lower Vartry Reservoir. Thriving wildlife, mountain views and a fantastic walk! The original (lower) reservoir was completed in 1863, and has a capacity of 11.3 billion litres and a maximum depth of 18.3 metres. A second embankment, 3.5 km upstream, was completed in 1923 to form the upper reservoir. This has a capacity of 5.6 billion litres and a maximum depth of 13.4 metres, as you cross over the dam on the southern end of the walk don’t forget to cross the road and look down on the waterworks which have been filtering and cleaning the water for the past 150 years.
A beautiful walk around the shores of the Lower Vartry Reservoir. Thriving wildlife, mountain views and a fantastic walk! The original (lower) reservoir was completed in 1863, and has a capacity of 11.3 billion litres and a maximum depth of 18.3 metres. A second embankment, 3.5 km upstream, was comp…
