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Vartry Reservoir

Between 1862 and 1868 the lower reservoir was formed by constructing an earthen dam across the valley of the River Vartry after a Dublin Water Works Committee was established to develop a new water supply to Dublin and suburbs.


see also

Lake McConaughy

Kingsley Dam is located at the east end of was the second largest hydraulically filled earthen dam in the world (behind Fort Peck Dam on the time of its completion.