Posted by Jock on September 05, 2006 at 18:27:19 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Lake levels (was Wild Cat Island) posted by RichardG on September 05, 2006 at 17:51:27:
why would anybody WANT to lower the level of the lake by excavating the river bed
The water authority (I'm not sure what they were called at the time.) lowered the mean level of Coniston as a flood prevention measure. Before the adjustment, after a few days heavy rainfall, farmers with low lying fields could find their sheep grazing in a swamp.