Loch Sloy
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| Loch Sloy | ||
| Geographical location | Argyll and Bute , Scotland | |
| Drain | Inveruglas Water | |
| Location close to the shore | Tarbet | |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 16 '15 " N , 4 ° 36' 10" W | |
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| length | 2.9 km | |
| width | 420 m | |
Loch Sloy is a lake in the Scottish council area of Argyll and Bute . It is located in the sparsely populated region north of the Cowal peninsula in the north of the Arrochar Alps mountain range . Loch Sloy is surrounded by the mountains of Beinn Dubh , Ben Vane and Ben Vorlich . Various streams from the surrounding mountains feed the lake. There are no towns to speak of in the vicinity of Loch Sloy. The nearest larger town is Tarbet, seven kilometers south-east .
Reservoir
The first plan to use hydropower in Scotland included the damming of Loch Sloy. The dam, which was built in the 1940s, was the longest of its kind in Scotland at the time of construction with a length of 366 m. When erecting the 46 m high structure, some German prisoners of war from World War II were used. The damming caused the length of the lake to be doubled, whereby it gained around 50 m in depth. The rain catchment area quadrupled through this measure. The associated power station was built with the Sloy Power Station on the three kilometers southeast of Loch Lomond . Several two-meter-diameter pressure lines were driven from the dam wall through the Ben Vorlich to the power station. With the Inveruglas Water , a natural river also flows out of Loch Sloy, which flows into Loch Lomond after three kilometers.
