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Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 563587
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/563587
Laggan Dam, C. S. Meik & Halcrow, 1934 Constructed as part of the British Aluminium Co's damming operations in Lochaber to provide water for the hydroelectric plant in Fort William, this confident monument to engineering marks the eastern boundary of Lochaber. An impressive sight against the billowing grandeur of the Great Corries, it combines the colossal curve of a concrete and stone retaining wall with an arcade of 24 segmental arches. This supports the roadway linking two control pavilions that sit athwart the centre and south end of the dam, allowing water to flow through and lending the structure its considerable architectural vigour.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
