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Tring Reservoirs is the name for a group of four reservoirs close to Tring on the border Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The purpose for their existence was to feed the Grand Union Canal. The four reservoirs are: Startops End, Marsworth, Tringford and Wilstone. These reservoirs adjoin each other, separated only by paths and roads; the fourth, Wilstone Reservoir, is a short distance to the west, close to the village of Wilstone. The reservoirs are a 106.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Tring Reservoirs )〕 ==History== Wilstone Reservoir is the largest of the quartet at 119 acres, Built in 1802, is up to 18 feet deep and has a capacity of 240 million gallons. Wilstone reservoir supplies water to the Wendover arm of the Grand Union Canal. Startops End Reservoir built in 1817 is much smaller at 26 acres, Marsworth Reservoir built in 1806 is 24 acres and the smallest Tringford Reservoir was built in 1816.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Walks at Tring Reservoirs )〕 The reservoirs are popular to anglers and most famous for holding specimen wels catfish, as well as carp, tench, pike, roach, rudd, bream and European perch. Also rainbow trout in Tringford only. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tring Reservoirs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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