| 词条 | Mourne Wall |
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The Mourne Wall ({{lang-ga|Balla an Mhúrn}}) is a wall constructed to enclose a catchment area in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland. It was built between 1904 and 1922 by the Belfast City and District Water Commissioners to enclose a reservoir. BackgroundLuke Livingstone Macassey (1843–1908), an Irish civil engineer and barrister, was in 1874 appointed consultant hydraulic engineer by the Belfast and District Water Commissioners. The Commission had been set up in 1840 to ensure the water supply for Belfast, at that time an expanding city. In 1891 Macassey advised the construction of a reservoir in the Mourne Mountains, as a long-term solution.[1]The project required the acquisition of wayleaves and water rights. Private Acts of Parliament were passed, of 1893, 1897 and 1899, on behalf of the Commissioners.[2] The Silent Valley Reservoir was created to hold the water in the catchment area, and supply Belfast. The main purpose of the Mourne Wall to isolate the catchment area from cattle and sheep. It is currently owned and maintained by Northern Ireland Water.[3] Construction and course of the wallThe wall was crafted from natural granite stone using traditional dry stone walling techniques. On average the wall is about {{convert|1.5|m}} high and {{convert|0.8|to|0.9|m}} thick. It is {{convert|22|mi|km}} long and passes over fifteen mountains (listed clockwise from the Kilkeel River):
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/929|title=Luke Livingstone Macassey (1843–1908): Engineer and Barrister, The Dictionary of Ulster Biography|accessdate=23 July 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/down/A1068518.shtml|title=Your Place And Mine - Down - A Century of Water from the Mournes - a concise history|work=BBC Online|accessdate=23 July 2017}} 3. ^"The Mournes" Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005 4. ^Rocky Mountain is the only peak for which the Wall skirts the lower slopes, rather than passing over or close by the summit.
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