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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 578179
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/578179
Advantage was taken of the existence of a rocky gorge in the bed of the Dee at Earlstoun to construct an arch dam very similar to that at Carsfad. The dam provides a gross head of 69 ft for the Earlstoun Power Station. A concrete gravity section joins to the south end of the arched section of the dam, and this contains the spillway. Two large flood gates assist the discharge of water. The dam was completed in 1937. The consulting engineer
was Alexander Gibb & Partners and the main contractor was A. M. Carmichael Ltd.
Immediately downstream of the dam is Kirkcudbrightshire County’s Allen Gibbon Bridge built in reinforced
concrete in ca.1926 which is of a type that belies its appearance. The main arch span is flanked by approaches,
the one on the east appearing as arches from its fac¸ades when its spans are in fact straight ‘T’ beams.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
