Kendoon Power Station Surge Tank:: OS grid NX6087 :: Geograph British Isles

NX6087 : Kendoon Power Station Surge Tank

near to Glenhoul, Dumfries And Galloway, Great Britain

Kendoon Power Station Surge Tank

Part of the Galloway hydro scheme, this huge tank receives the back surge of water if the machines within the power station are shut down suddenly. It is open to the sky. Galloway is unique in its use of surge tanks at most of the stations, later UK practice has been to use surge shafts buried in hillsides. Galloway is not very hilly, hence the surge tanks and relatively low output of the stations.

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2006

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Grid Square: NX6087, 4 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Paul Hookway (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 20 August, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 17 November, 2006
Category: Hydroelectric works (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NX 607 879 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:9.9445N 4:11.2990W