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The Here We Are Story - past, present and future

HS-000 - The 1950s Hydro Schemes

Construction of Tunnel for Clachan Power Scheme

Completed in 1959, Glen Shira phase: pre-stressed gravity Alt-na-Lairige dam (Maples, Ridgway & Partners Ltd) and tunnel to power station on River Fyne. Round-headed buttress dam on Lochan Shira Mor (A. and M. Carmichael Ltd), power station at Sronmor, concrete gravity and earth-fill with concrete core dam (A. and M. carmichael ltd) on Lochan Sron Mor with tunnel to Clachan power station on Loch Fyne. Average annual output: Sron Mor 6 million units; Alt na Lairige 20 million units; Clachan 74 million units.

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Project:1950s Hydro Schemes

1184 - Larige Power Station

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

Larige Power Station Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Larige Power Station, Glen Fyne

1185 - Larige Power Station

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

Larige Power Station Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Larige Power Station, Glen Fyne

1419 - Larige Power Station (1999)

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

Larige Power Station Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Power, Larige Power Station, Glen Fyne, Inlet Pipe

1420 - Clachan Power Station (1999)

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

Clachan Power Station Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Power, Clachan Power Station, Glen Fyne

1480 - Larige Power Station

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

Larige Power Station Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Power, Larige Inlet Pipe

1965 - No 1 Hydro House

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Ardkinglas Estate, Photo Collection

No 1 Hydro House Physical Description: Black And White Copy Subject: No 1 Hydro House, Building

2264 - 3-8 Hydro Houses

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

3-8 Hydro Houses Physical Description: Black & White Photograph Subject: Hydro houses, Cairndow, Village, Houses

2433 - Clachan Power Station (1998)

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection

Hydro Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Hydro, Pylons, Glen Fyne, Power, Clachan Power Station

2439 - Lairge Power Station, Glen Fyne (1997)

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection, Renewable Energy

Hydro Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Hydro, Power, Lairge Power Station, Glen Fyne

2450 - Lairge Dam (2005)

  • 1950s Hydro Schemes, Photo Collection, Renewable Energy

Lairge Dam Physical Description: Colour Photograph Subject: Glen Fyne, Lairge Dam, Scenery

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