Drawing for a decorative carving of an eagle and salmon, Grudie Bridge Power Station, Highland
SC 778081
Description Drawing for a decorative carving of an eagle and salmon, Grudie Bridge Power Station, Highland
Date c. 1950
Collection Records of Shearer and Annand, architects, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 778081
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 21587 P
Scope and Content Photographic copy of a drawing of a sculpture of an eagle and salmon, Grudie Bridge Power Station, Highland This shows a design for one of the sculpted stone panels on the exterior of the building. The design shows an eagle devouring a salmon, a motif taken from the Pictish 'Drosten stone', now kept at St Vigeans Museum. The carvings were commissioned by Shearer & Annand, and executed by sculptor Tom Whalen. Hydro-electric power stations produce electricity by using the power of flowing water to rotate turbines which turn generators. A strong force of running water is therefore vital to their operation. During the construction of the Conon scheme, a large plug of stone was blown out from the side of Loch Fannich, over 25m below the surface. This enabled the completion of a 6.5km-long tunnel to supply the water to the power station, and became known as 'Operation Bathplug'. Grudie Bridge Power Station, designed by architects Shearer & Annand, is part of the Conon Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, built between 1946 and 1961 by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. James Grant Shearer (1881-1962) was responsible for the design of the exterior of the power station, and took care to integrate the structure into the surroundings by careful use of local materials. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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