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Foel Tower on Garreg-ddu Reservoir

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Foel Tower on Garreg-ddu Reservoir
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A named place photographed at this map point in Powys.
Foel Tower on Garreg-ddu Reservoir is a 19th-century structure built as part of the infrastructure for the construction of the Garreg-ddu Reservoir. It is remembered as an example of industrial-era engineering associated with the development of water resources in mid-Wales.

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