Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881934
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881934
This dam controls the flow of water for Earlstoun Powerhouse as well as providing a degree of daily storage. The dam is a combination of concrete gravity and mass concrete and has an integrated spillway. this dam combines gravity and mass concrete sections with a large fixed spillway and is designed on a relatively steep curve to accommodate the shape of the valley. The functionalist classical design which characterises the Galloway scheme is applied to the control tow and the battered downstream face. The landscape presence of the dam is increased by the large gantry to support the paired roller gates to the centre. P L Payne, 1988, 24; E Wood, 2002, 50; G Hill, 1984.
