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Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 881984
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881984
This power station lies on the tunnel inlet which takes water from Loch Mullardoch (see separate item), which is the main storage component for Fasnakyle power station, into Loch Bein a Mhedoin (see separate item). The station takes advantage of the small drop in level between the two lochs with a small single turbine. The access to the station is via a single shaft, a situation which is unique in Scotland. This station is predominantly an underground feature, with gate house tower downstream of it, used to isolate the tunnel beyond the most significant above ground feature. The turbine hall is approximately 100 feet beneath the entrance level of the station. The 2.4 megawatt turbine is of francis type and is linked to a gearbox which turns the motion through 90 degrees due to constrictions on space on the turbine hall floor. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/81412/details/mullardoch+dam/
