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Allt na Lairige

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Location
  
Glen Fyne, Scotland

Basin countries
  
United Kingdom

Surface area
  
33 ha

Type
  
reservoir

Surface elevation
  
294 m

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National grid reference NN25251745

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Map of Allt na Lairige, Cairndow, UK

Allt na Lairige Dam,(Burn of the Pass), is a pre-stressed concrete dam creating an impounding reservoir which serves the Glen Shira Hydroelectric scheme.

History

Completed in 1957.

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

References

Allt na Lairige Wikipedia