Tansa Lake

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Tansa Lake

An artificial lake in Thana District, Bombay, lying between 19° 32' and 19° 36' N. and 73° 14' and 73° 18' E., 53 miles north-east of Bombay City. It has been constructed by throw- ing a dam across the Tansa river at a point behind the Mahuli hills. It was completed in 1892 and has a catchment area of 105/2, and a water area of 11/2 square miles, with a storage capacity of about 18,000 million gallons. The dam is 118 feet high and 3/2 miles long. The existing aqueduct has a carrying capacity of 42 million gallons a day. The works cost nearly a crore and a half.