View of shuttering to culverts in Block No. 17. Copy of negative, Mullardoch-Fasnakyle-Affric, Box 873/1, Contract No. 9, Plate No. 149.
SC 869044
Description View of shuttering to culverts in Block No. 17. Copy of negative, Mullardoch-Fasnakyle-Affric, Box 873/1, Contract No. 9, Plate No. 149.
Date 2/7/1950
Collection Records of the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board (1943-90), Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 869044
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Mullardoch-Fasnakyle-Affric Project, contract no 9, Mullardoch Dam, view of shuttering to culverts in block no 17, 2 July 1950 Mullardoch Dam, completed 1952, is part of the Affric/Beauly Hydro-Electric Scheme built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to the north west of Inverness. Water flows from the dam to a small power station at the south end of the loch, and then is channelled through a tunnel to Loch Benevean (Beinn a'Mheadhoin). From there it flows to the large power station at Fasnakyle. This view shows part of the dam from the downstream side. Two riveted steel pipes are being embedded in the base of the dam, to allow silt to be scoured out of the bed of the loch. The pipes were made in Motherwell by Alexander Findlay and Company, structural engineers. The Mullardoch-Fasnakyle-Affric Project was the first part of the Affric/Beauly scheme to be built. Great care was taken to minimise the impact on the fine scenery in the area. The Affric/Beauly scheme is one of eight large schemes built by the Board from the 1940s to the 1960s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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