Field Visit
Date 2010
Event ID 882049
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882049
Loch Gair power station is a small station containing a single turbine originally providing power to the immediate area including Lochgilphead. The station receives water by tunnel and pressure pipeline from Loch Glashan dam (see separate item). Loch Gair is a good example of a small power station designed by high profile architect Ian G Lindsay who won a civic trust award for the design. Lindsay’s pre-occupation with the reuse and re-interpretation of historic fabric can also be seen in the design with fabric recovered from a castle covered by the raised level of the loch. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
