2007

NH5021 : Foyers Power Station, Loch Ness

taken 16 years ago, near to Foyers, Highland, Scotland

This is 1 of 3 images, with title starting with Foyers Power in this square
Foyers Power Station, Loch Ness
Foyers Power Station, Loch Ness
The pumped storage scheme was the last major work completed by the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board in 1974. The station contains two reversible pump/turbines at the bottom of 50ft shafts, to enable to tailrace/intake to be located well below the water surface for the purposes of off-peak pumping.

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Category: Hydroelectric works
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Loch Ness [9] · Foyers Hydro Electric Power Station [4] · North of Scotland [2] ·
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NH5021, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Paul Hookway   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 3 November, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 27 November, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 502 217 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:15.6809N 4:29.1153W
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