Kerryfalls Power Station

This station houses three turbines (one effectively operating as a compensation set) with an overall capacity of 1250 MW. The smaller third turbine was a slightly later set designed to operate on the bypass which takes water through and around the station when the larger turbines are not in operation. The building is constructed from distinctive red sandstone quarried originally in an NOSHEB owned operation near Dingwall, with this type of sandstone common to a number of buildings from this period. The powerhouse over-sails the tailrace to the south. The powerhouse has an open timber roof to the interior and a tiled floor. The original travelling crane is still in also still in situ. The Kerry Falls powerhouse is a good example of a smaller power station characteristic of a number of small scale schemes developed by NoSHEB to provide power to remote Highland communities. Other characteristic examples include Nostie Bridge and Storr Lochs. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.