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Dowally Hydro-Electric Scheme

This is a 'run-of-river' scheme where water is extracted from the Dowally Burn at an old abandoned dam, the intake; carried down the hillside alongside the watercourse in a pipeline or penstock; to the powerhouse housing the turbine, generator, transformer and switching units with a connection to the national grid; and finally the water returns to the burn in the tailrace.
This scheme passes from NO0148 through NO0147 to NO0047 .
by Russel Wills

Created: Sat, 25 Feb 2012, Updated: Mon, 27 Feb 2012


24 images use this description:

NO0147 : Tidying up by Russel Wills
NO0047 : The powerhouse at the foot of the pipeline by Russel Wills
NO0148 : Reinstating a demolished dry stone wall by Russel Wills
NO0047 : The Powerhouse by Russel Wills
NO0147 : The white concrete posts mark the route of the pipeline by Russel Wills
NO0047 : Derelict mill on Dowally Burn by Russel Wills
NO0147 : Reinstated dry stone wall by Russel Wills
NO0047 : Route of the pipeline by Russel Wills
NO0147 : Exposed penstock of Dowally Hydro-Electric Scheme by Russel Wills
NO0047 : Dowally Hydro-Electric Scheme - in operation by Russel Wills
NO0147 : Exposed pipeline by Russel Wills
NO0249 : Increasing the volume of water stored in Loch Ordie by Russel Wills
NO0149 : Dowally Burn by Russel Wills
NO0148 : The spillway on the dam by Russel Wills
NO0148 : Ford approaching dam and intake by Russel Wills
NO0147 : Route of the pipeline by Russel Wills
NO0148 : Old dam on Dowally Burn by Russel Wills
NO0148 : Old reservoir by Russel Wills
NO0148 : Route of the pipeline by Russel Wills
NO0047 : Dowally Burn - complete again by Russel Wills
NO0047 : Dowally gorge by Russel Wills
NO0047 : The outfall of the tailrace by Russel Wills
NO0047 : The last post by Russel Wills
NO0147 : Dowally Burn by Russel Wills


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