Coniston Water

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Coniston Water [ˈkɒnɪstən]

(Placename) a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)

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Lake			TRAGEDY struck on Coniston Water in the Lake District on January 4, 1967, when Donald Campbell was killed as he attempted to break his own water speed record in his jet-powered boat Bluebird K7. Remember When? 1967 by Birmingham Mail (England) Gina Campbell fixed the first rivet in the craft, which was recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water in the Lake District in 2001 and is being restored. SPEED ACE'S DAUGHTER BACKS WORK TO REBUILD HIS DREAM by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Now the engine from Bluebird is being taken from a North Shields workshop to a museum on the shore of Coniston Water in the Lake District. Bluebird bonus; Museum is to get engine from craft by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			conidia conidiophore conidiospore conidium conifer Coniferales Coniferin Coniferophyta Coniferophytina Coniferopsida coniferous coniferous tree Coniform coniine Conilurus conima Conimene Conine Coniogramme Coniogramme japonica coniology Coniroster Conirostral Conirostres Conisor Coniston Water Conistra Conite conium Conium maculatum conj. Conject Conjector Conjecturable conjectural Conjecturalist Conjecturally conjecture Conjecturer conjoin conjoined conjoined twin conjoined twins conjoint Conjoint degrees Conjoint tetrachords conjointly Conjointness Conjubilant conjugal conjugal family			Coningh, Philips de Coningham, Sir Arthur Coninxloo, Gillis van CONIO coniofibrosis Coniogramme Coniogramme japonica coniology coniophage coniosis coniosporosis Coniotomy coniotoxicosis Coniroster Conirostral Conirostres CONIS Conisbrough and Denaby Development Trust Coniscope Conisor conisterium Coniston Mountain Rescue Team Coniston Water Conistra Conite Conite Conite coniugalis coniugium Conium Conium Conium Conium maculatum Conium maculatum Conium maculatum coniunctio coniunctus coniungere Coniunx Coniunx coniuratio coniuratus Conivaptan CONIVE conization Conization of the cervix CONJ conj. CONJAC conjacent Conject Conjector conjecturable

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