Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 882026
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882026
Inverawe power station contains a single 25MW turbine and utilises water diverted via tunnel from the Awe Barrage (see separate item). The turbine needs an unusually high volume of water to run. It was designed as such because of the size of the catchment and the large fluctuations in water level which occur across it over time. The travelling gantry crane was constructed prior to the rest of the station which was built around it. Inverawe Power Station is a medium sized power station housing a single large turbine. The station is relatively plain to the exterior with detailing limited to a pedimented vehicular door surround with decorative plaque above. Somewhat unusually for a station of this size the roof is pitched. The station was fully refurbished in the early 21st century. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
