- Brookvale Park Lake
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lake_name = Brookvale Park Lake
image_lake = 100 1414.jpg
caption_lake = Brookvale Park Lake
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location =Erdington area ofBirmingham
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type =reservoir
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cities =Brookvale Park Lake (gbmapping|SP091911) is a former
drinking water reservoir in theErdington area ofBirmingham ,England .Two
brook s, arising atKingstanding and Bleak Hill,Erdington , respectively, feed firstWitton Lakes , then overspill into Brookvale Park Lake, before reaching the River Tame.The brooks are natural; the lakes were created at the end of the 1800s to supply drinking water for Birmingham. They were then in the
countryside , and the water relatively clean.Industrialisation andurban sprawl led to the water no longer being fit for drinking, so the City turned to the Elan Valley inWales for a supply.From
October 7 ,1909 until 1926, Brookvale Park Lake was used as an open air swimming pool operated by theBirmingham Baths Committee . The lakes and surrounding parkland are now maintained as a leisure amenity byBirmingham City Council .External links
* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=17608&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=7&MENU_ID=1743 Birmingham City Council page]
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