Kilmelfort Hydroelectric Power Station
Hydroelectric Power Station (20th Century)
Site Name Kilmelfort Hydroelectric Power Station
Classification Hydroelectric Power Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Generating Station; Turbine; Alternator; Transformer; Kilmelfort Hydroelectric Power Scheme; Loch Awe Scheme
Canmore ID 257251
Site Number NM81SW 24
NGR NM 84056 14441
NGR Description Centred NM 84056 14441
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/257251
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilninver And Kilmelford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM81SW 24.00 84056 14441
Kilmelfort hydro-electric power station. See also records relating to the Kilmelfort Project for the North of Scotland Hydro-electric Board:
NM81SW 24.01 NM 84179 14523 Kilmelfort hydro-electric power station, site attendant's cottage
NM81SW 24.02 NM 8372 1384 Kilmelfort hydro-electric power station, proposed site attendant's cottage
NM81SW 24.03 NM 84062 14415 Kilmelfort hydro-electric power station, bridge
NM81NW 8.00 NM 8497 1601 Oude Dam, general
NM81NW 8.01 NM 84620 15662 Oude Dam, sluice
NM81NW 8.02 NM 8463 1558 Oude Dam, proposed lay-by
NM81NE 10.00 NM 8825 1648 Loch Tralaig, general
NM81NE 10.01 NM 87072 16903 Loch Tralaig, Dam
NM81NE 11 NM 8602 1522 Loch Cheallair, general
NM91NW 14 NM9 266 1706 Loch na Sreinge, general.
Field Visit (2010)
Kilmelfort power station contains a single 2MW undershot Gilkes turbine, utilising water from Oude and Tralaig reservoirs (see separate items) and an additional 75KW compensation set. The station is small scale and was originally designed to provide power to the immediate area. Kilmelfort is a good example of a small scale power scheme designed to meet local demand. The station is also an example of the work of prominent architect Ian G Lindsay in this sector. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.
