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Aston Reservoir, sometimes known as Salford Lake, Salford Park Pool or Salford Bridge Reservoir, is a 19th-century reservoir, formerly used for drinking water extracted from the River Tame,[1] in Birmingham, England. It was built by the Birmingham Waterworks Company[1] and was at that time situated in the parish of Aston.[1] On 1 January 1876 the company was purchased by Birmingham Corporation Water Department.

It used to be a lake for boating more recently, but that is no longer the case. In the 1950s it was used for speedboat racing.[2] The area around the reservoir is used as a park, Salford Park.

It has a capacity of Шаблон:Convert behind an earthfill dam,[3] and sits immediately adjacent to Gravelly Hill Interchange (aka Spaghetti Junction) of the M6 motorway and Aston Expressway, and in a bend of the river.

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 The History of South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, 1853 - 1989 - Johann Van Leerzem, Brian Williams
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via Шаблон:Cite web