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| | Rutland Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) |
 | | Rutland Water lies north of Northamptonshire, near Oakham in the county of Rutland, and is one of the largest man-made lakes in Western Europe. |
 | | Completed in 1977, the reservoir covers an area of 3,100 acres, and with a storage capacity of 124,000 million litres (27,000 million gallons), provides not only water for domestic and industrial consumption, but also a large expanse of water for recreational purposes. |
 | | The crest of the dam is 1,200 metres long, and the maximum depth of the reservoir is 34 metres. |
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