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Shin Hydroelectric scheme: started 1954, completed 1960
Date 25 October 2023
Event ID 1165367
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1165367
The Shin hydroelectric scheme
Work began in 1954 on the Lairg dam., a concrete gravity and earth- fill type at the east end of Loch Shin. Lairg power station was built into the dam and employs a vertical Kaplan turbine generating 3.5MW. Out flow is into Little Loch Shin which supplies Shin power station through a tunnel. This station has two horizontal Francis turbines generating a total of 24MW. Cassley power station at the west end of Loch Shin is fed by aqueducts and a tunnel, and produces an output of 10MW. A Borland fish lift is provided at Lairg dam. The scheme was completed in 1960.
Information from NRHE catalogue item number WP007424 compiled by George Walker in 2005.
