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Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881907
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881907
This combined footbridge and weir takes the place of a dam in this run of the river scheme. The weir is designed much like its counterpart at Bonnington (see separate record) to self regulate providing compensation flow to the river as well as water to the aqueduct. This is achieved by an unusual tilting mechanism. The Falls of Clyde scheme is an important example of the earliest large scale application of hydroelectric power for public supply in Scotland The scheme consist of two powerhouse each with an associated weir operating as run of the river schemes. All elements of the scheme are design cohesively in a modern classical style which was very influential over later developments such as the Rannoch / Tummel scheme. Buchan & Partners, Engineers, Bound plans and sections of Lanarkshire hydro-electric power schemes near Bonnington and near Nemphlar and Stonebyres Falls (1923-1924) NAS Reference, RHP 43551. Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co, 1926; JR Hume, 1976; DC Eve; Archive, Issue 14, 1997, 17-27; R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007, 228-9.