View from west along Upper Penstock chamber to Dam Digital image of B 13377/CN
SC 716950
Description View from west along Upper Penstock chamber to Dam Digital image of B 13377/CN
Date 22/5/1991
Catalogue Number SC 716950
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 13377 CN
Scope and Content Upper penstock from the west, Blackwater Dam, Aluminium Works, 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 the upper penstock (sluice) with the valve house (black building) and dam in background. Valves in the valve house controlled the amount of water flowing out of Blackwater Dam and into the upper penstock. Sluices in the penstock then controlled the flow of water into the conduit which channelled water towards the hydro-electric power station at the works. The manufacturing of aluminium requires a lot of energy and hydro-electric power is ideally suited because it is cheap and renewable. Fossil fuels, such as coal and gas, can be used only once whereas water can be used again and again. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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