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Black water Lochabar
Unknown, 1857, Photograph
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Black water Lochabar
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17532
Title
Black water Lochabar
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1857
Size
17.5 x 22.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Blackwater Reservoir is a reservoir created behind a dam in the mountains above Kinlochleven, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. The dam is 914 metres (2,999 ft) long, the longest in the Highlands.
The hydroelectric scheme was constructed in the early 1900s for the British Aluminium Company for the purpose of smelting aluminium.
The 27 metres (89 ft) high dam was built at an elevation of about 305m in rugged terrain. 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) of concrete aqueduct was constructed, and nearly 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) of steel pipe was laid. The dam was built using hand tools, without the benefit of mechanical earth moving machinery.
The power house and aluminium smelting plant were situated in Kinlochleven, which is adjacent to the sea loch Loch Leven.
The power station now produces electricity for the aluminium smelter in Fort William, supplementing the supply from the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme. Surplus energy is sold to the national grid for public supply.
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