Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881941
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881941
This dam regulates the outflow of water from Kendoon Loch into the open cut which leads Kendoon Powerhouse. This dam is part of a three dam system for this loch with the Kendoon Dam controlling outflow into an aqueduct leading to the Blackwater dam where water enters a buried pipeway with surge tower and thence into the powerhouse at Kendoon. The Deuch dam controls flow into the River Deuch to maintain the level of the loch. This dam forms part of a complex system feeding the Kendoon powerhouse and is a significant landscape feature. Architectural design interest is derived from the walkway oversailing the spillway and turret housing gate controls with a functionalist modern classical design grouping cohesively with a similar design to the powerhouse. P L Payne, 1988, 24; E Wood, 2002, 50; G Hill, 1984.
