Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881949
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881949
Sloy power Station is a large station with 4 main turbines giving a capacity of 152 MW when all are running. The station receives water via a tunnel and high pressure pipeline directly from Sloy Dam (see separate item). The station also includes an additional smaller turbine, the house set, which is used to provide power to the station itself. The station formerly operated as a control centre for the Sloy / Awe group of stations and has associated control room, office and boardroom space in addition to a grand processional entrance to the building. Sloy Power Station is an excellent example of a large station incorporating control room and office space in addition to a large turbine hall. The building is an early example of the work of NoSHEB and illustrates their confidence in the development of Scotland’s resources for hydro-electricity at this time. The interest of an early date for the work of NoSHEB is added too by the applied architectural scheme which fuses a modern functionalism with classical detailing of elements such as the large pilasters applied to the main elevation. The station also occupies a prominent position adjacent to the A85 trunk road from Glasgow to Crainlarich. P L Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
