A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Electricity - Water Power Schemes - Scottish Hydro, 1939

HIGHLAND POWER SCHEME NEARLY READY Cpr. 25.10.1949. The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Tunnel, Garry scheme, is expected to go into operation at the end of this year when parts of the Clunie dam are completed. The 386 foot and 65 foot high Clunie dam at the Eastern end of Loch Tunnel will raise the level of the Loch by 17 feet and more than double its length. The water will flow through a 23 foot diameter tunnel for two miles to the Clunie Power Station, where three turbo-alternators with a total capacity of 57,000kws, will be in operation. To equalise the fluctuating discharge from Clunie Power Station will be the primary function of the 480 foot Long 74 foot high dam at Pitlochry. Here, the power station is incorporated in the dam, and two turbo-alternators will have a generating capacity of 15,000 kws. Both dams have a fish ladder to enable salmon to reach the upper reaches of the River Tunnel. The whole scheme will have an annual output of about 300 million units, and will have another dam on the upper reaches of the River Errochty which will have a high water level nearly 1,100 feet above sea-level. The picture shows:- No.1. The upstream face of Clunie dam, now nearly completed. The concrete structure has been painted black to forestall any section of the peaty water, and to seal any minute cracks in the face of the wall. Note the tiny figure of a workman half-way up the face on the right hand side. Industry - Fuel & Power - Electricity