Loch Mullardoch

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Loch Mullardoch
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Location: Highland , Scotland
Tributaries: Abhainn Sithidh, Abhainn a 'Choilich
Drain: River Cannich → River Glass → River Beauly → Beauly Firth
Larger places nearby: Cannich
Loch Mullardoch (Scotland)
Loch Mullardoch
Coordinates 57 ° 20 '15 "  N , 4 ° 57' 21"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 20 '15 "  N , 4 ° 57' 21"  W
Data on the structure
Lock type: Gravity dam
Construction time: 1947-1952
Height above foundation level : 48.1 m
Building volume: 8th 100  m³
Crown length: 727.1 m
Power plant output: Mullardoch : 2.4 MW
Fasnakyle : 69 MW
Operator: SSE
Data on the reservoir
Reservoir length 15 km
Reservoir width 1 km
Total storage space : 2 100 000  m³

Loch Mullardoch is a reservoir in the Scottish Highlands . It is located in the almost uninhabited Glen Cannich valley about twelve kilometers west of the town of Cannich . The lake was originally much smaller and was dammed together with Loch Lungard to the west as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme .

history

The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (NOSHEB) published the plans for the expansion and use of the hydropower in Glen Affric and Glen Cannich in February 1946 . Previously, further plans of a private electricity company had been rejected by the House of Commons in 1929 and 1941 . In the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme , the lakes Loch Beinn a 'Mheadhoin and Loch Mullardoch were dammed in both valleys by building dams and dams and the water was channeled through tunnels to the Fasnakyle power station. Since Glen Cannich was largely uninhabited since the Highland Clearances , only a few hunting lodges, lodges and the small settlement of Lungard fell victim to the rise in the water level of Loch Mullardoch. The dam was completed in 1951, and in 1952 the water reached its intended target.

View of the Loch Mullardoch dam

Mullardoch dam

The Loch Mullardoch dam is Britain's largest gravity dam in terms of volume . The top of the dam is 727 meters long, the maximum height is 49 meters. The volume of the structure is 8,100 cubic meters. The dam consists of two wings that meet at an obtuse angle, with the top pointing downwards in the plan of the structure.

The lake's water is fed to Loch Beinn a 'Mheadhoin via a 4.8 km long tunnel. Before entering the tunnel, the water is processed by the Mullardoch small power station, which has an output of 2.4 MW . The water from Loch Beinn a 'Mheadhoin is fed to the Fasnakyle power station, which has an output of 69 MW.

Surroundings

Glen Cannich and Loch Mullardoch are popular destinations for hikers and mountaineers. To the north and south of the loch are ten Munros , including the highest mountain north of the Great Glen , the Càrn Eige . Below the dam is Mullardoch House, a former hunting lodge converted into a hotel. Glencannich Forest and Fasnakyle Forest serve as hunting grounds for hunting red deer and grouse .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Hydro Story. Strathglass Heritage Association, accessed May 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Entry on Loch Mullardoch Tunnel  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on Mulldardoch Dam  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Michael J. Ross: Mullardoch Dam & Power Station. In: Subterranea Britannica. May 8, 2004 .;
  5. ↑ SSE (Ed.): Power from the Glens . Affric / Beauly, S. 13 ( sse.com [PDF]).

Web links

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