Aerial view of Blackwater Dam and Resevoir, and conduit

Description Aerial view of Blackwater Dam and Resevoir, and conduit

Date 1991

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 1676177

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 69292

Scope and Content Aerial view of Blackwater Dam and Reservoir, Kinlochleven, Highland The aluminium works at Kinlochleven was built between 1904 and 1909 by the British Aluminium Company Limited. By 1911 the works were producing about 7,112 tonnes of aluminium per annum which was around 87% of the total output of the company at that time. The works closed in June 2000. This shows Blackwater Reservoir and Dam. Water from this dam was channelled along a 6.4km-long reinforced conduit to a penstock, a sluice which controls the flow of water. From this penstock, six pipelines run a further 2km to a power house at Kinlochleven Aluminium Works. The power house produced the electricity which was used throughout the works. The purpose of a dam is to divert the natural route of a river and redirect the water into channels which can be used for water supply, navigation, irrigation or hydro-electric power generation. A reservoir is created as the water level rises behind the dam. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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