Allt na Lairige Dam


Allt na Lairige Dam (Burn of the Pass), is a pre-stressed concrete dam[1] in Argyll and Bute, Scotland at grid reference NN25251745. It creates an impounding reservoir which serves the Glen Fyne hydroelectric scheme.

Allt na Lairige Dam
Coordinates56.3184°N 4.8210°W / 56.3184; -4.8210

The dam was designed by William George Nicholson Geddes, as directed by James Arthur Banks of Babtie, Shaw and Morton of Glasgow.[2] Construction was carried out by Marples Ridgway. It was completed in 1956 and has a height of 22 metres.

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References
  1. Turpin, Trevor (2007). Dam. Reaktion. p. 43. ISBN 978-1861893284.
  2. Engineering Timelines

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