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High Dam, Colton
High Dam
locality:-   Finsthwaite
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
locality type:-   reservoir
coordinates:-   SD36168875 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3688
10Km square:-   SD38
altitude:-   574 feet
altitude:-   175m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 10) 
placename:-  High Dam
placename:-  Dam, High
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

hearsay:-  
water power for Stott Park Bobbin Mill.

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