Archaeology Notes

Event ID 689521

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX68NW 105.00 centred 60554 87791

NX68NW 105.01 NX 60712 86921 to NX 60599 87790 Penstocks

NX68NW 105.02 NX 60716 87930 Surge Tower

NX68NW 105.03 Centred NX 60519 87672 Transformer Station

NX68NW 105.04 NX 60565 81870 Valve House

Kendoon Power Station [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.

Kendoon Power Station: 2nd stage of project

Average net head: 150ft (45.7m)

Catchment area: 152 sq miles (394 sq km)

Max. load: 21,000 kW [47% of 2nd stage total: 37% of grand total]

Units per annum: 36 million [48% of 2nd stage total: 35% of grand total]

No. of main turbines: 2

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

(Detailed description of power generation equipment and switchgear).

English Electric Company Limited [post-1936].

Kendoon Power Station

Catchment area: 152 sq mi (394 sq km)

Average net head: 150 ft (45.7m)

Water consumption on full load at average head: 1900 cusec

Number and size of units: 2x10500kW

Gross volume of turbine room (incl. loading bay), above main floor level = total: 223,000 cu ft (6314.8 cu m)

Gross volume of turbine room (incl. loading bay), above main floor level = per kW: 10.6 cu ft (0.3 cu m)

Range of net heads: 147-156ft (482.1-47.6m)

No. of rating of generator sets installed: 2x10,500 kW

Turbine output: 14,800 hp

Specific speed: 57 rpm

Normal speed: 250 rpm

Runaway speed: 463 rpm

Water consumption per turbine on full load at average head: 9540 cusecs

Diameter of runner: 7ft 7ins (2.3m)

This power station is intended for manned operation.

Anon. 1938 ['Galloway Hydro-Electric Development'].

This power station receives water from Kendoon Loch (NX69SW 89) through the aqueduct NX68NW 108.00 and the pipeline NX68NW 108. It forms a major component of Stage II of the Galloway Hydro-Electric Scheme.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 October 2005.

Gibb and Partners et al. 1937.