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Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881921
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881921
This is an integrated subterranean surge shaft and valve house. Water leaves the tunnel at this point and enters the five pipes which fall downhill from the valve house to the powerhouse below. The valve-house and surge tower are relatively standardised features for this date. Our current research suggests that there is a limited degree of technical innovation. J R Hume,1977; P L Payne,1988; E Wood, 2002; Concrete and Constructional Engineering IV (1909); Alcan, n.d.; The British Aluminium Co. Ltd, 1930.
