Tongland Tunnel
Tunnel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tongland Tunnel
Classification Tunnel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tongland Works; Tongland Aqueduct; Tongland Reservoir, Tunnel; Tongland Power Station, Water Supplygalloway Hydro-electric Scheme; River Dee
Canmore ID 276049
Site Number NX75SW 43
NGR NX 7012 5458
NGR Description NX 7012 5458 to NX 6951 5356
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Tongland
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX75SW 43 7012 5458 to 6951 5356
Extends onto map sheet NX65SE.
For associated Tongland Loch (Reservoir) and Tongland Power Station, see (NX75NW 78 and NX65SE 86.00, respectively.
For surge tower (NX 69540 53605) at Tongland Power Station, see NX65SE 86.01.
Tongland aqueduct, contractor: Wm. Taylor and Son (Glasgow) Ltd. At the W end of the dam NX75SW 37, water is admitted into a short tunnel driven through a rocky spur, and thence into a reinforced concrete pressure aqueduct with a length (inclusive of that of the tunnel) of 3800ft (1159m) and a diameter ranging from 22ft (6.7m) in the tunnel to 18ft 6ins (5.6m) at the downstream end. Beneath a surge tower (NX65SE 86.01) close to the power station (NX65SE 86.00) the aqueduct is formed in steel and divides into three.
Anon. 1934 ['Galloway Water Power Scheme'].
This tunnel carries water for power generation from Tongland Reservoir (NX75NW 78) to Tongland Power Station (NX65SE 86.00). It runs through the parish of Tongland throughout its course, and forms a major element of the Galloway Hydro-Electric Scheme.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 October 2005.
