Publication Account

Date 1934

Event ID 637413

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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Tongland Power Station: 1st stage of project

Average net head: 102ft (31.9m)

Catchment area: 396 sq miles (121 sq km)

Max. load: 33,000 kW [58% of 1st stage total: 33% of grand total]

Units per annum: 68 million [63% of 1st stage total: 37% of grand total]

No. of main turbines: 3

Tongland power station, surge tower etc: Wm. Taylor and Son (Glasgow) Ltd.

Tongland, rack cleaning machine: Blakeborough and Co. Ltd.

This power station has three 11,000kW vertical Francis turbines. The tailrace extends about 300ft (91.5m) below the powerhouse, and has been formed by the excavation of the rock in the bed of the river, which is tidal up to a point beyond the power station. The average net head available is 102ft (31.1m).

Anon. 1934 ['Galloway Water Power Scheme'].