The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest reservoirs in London that supplies clean water to London and some surrounding areas and is in the Spelthorne district of Surrey. This reservoir covers 707 hectares (2.86 km 2 ) and is located 45Ã, ft (14 m) above the surrounding area.
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Location Edit
It lies south of the A308 and at the nearest point 0.25 miles (0.40 km) northwest of the M3 highway. Heathrow Airport is just a few miles north of the reservoir.
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History Edit
Designed by John Watson Gibson for the Metropolitan Water Council and opened in 1925, the reservoir since the organization's formation has been owned by Air Thames. It was named after the Queen queen of the time, Mary of Teck, and a plaque commemorating the event.
The area of ​​the reservoir, such as Spelthorne and Potters Bar, originated in Anglo Saxon England until 1965, at Middlesex, which was no longer used for administration.
In 1943, during World War II, reservoirs were used to test submersibles. The submersible was nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty". In 2010 Prince Philip visited the reservoir to uncover a modern replica of the submersible tested here. The model is on display at the Eden Camp museum near Malton, North Yorkshire.
Operation Edit
200,000,000 gallons (910,000,000,000 240,000,000 US gal) of water is pumped into the daily reservoir of an inlet on the Thames River at Laleham between Chertsey Lock and Penton Hook Lock.
Queen Mary Sailing Club is a sailing club member in the reservoir. It has a subsidiary of Queen Mary Sailsports, carrying all the training operations "at home".
See also Edit
- London water supply infrastructure
References Edit
External links Edit
- Queen Mary's shipping club
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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