Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 882020
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882020
St. Fillans power station is a small underground station with a head of 830 feet which uses water from Lednock Dam (see separate item) conveyed by pressure shaft to the station. It contains a single 21 MW francis turbine (17MW following refurbishment of 2002 with high load factor). Water from the tailrace discharges into Loch Earn and is then re-used further downstream by Dalchonzie Power Station (see seperate item). St. Fillans power station is a predominantly standard example of an underground station. PL Payne, 1988, 24; E Wood, 2002, 50.
