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Kerryfalls Power Station

Hydroelectric Power Station (Modern)

Site Name Kerryfalls Power Station

Classification Hydroelectric Power Station (Modern)

Alternative Name(s) Kerry Falls Hydroelectric Power Scheme; Gairloch

Canmore ID 313077

Site Number NG87SW 41.04

NGR NG 82911 71981

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Gairloch
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Activities

Field Visit (2010)

This station houses three turbines (one effectively operating as a compensation set) with an overall capacity of 1250 MW. The smaller third turbine was a slightly later set designed to operate on the bypass which takes water through and around the station when the larger turbines are not in operation. The building is constructed from distinctive red sandstone quarried originally in an NOSHEB owned operation near Dingwall, with this type of sandstone common to a number of buildings from this period. The powerhouse over-sails the tailrace to the south. The powerhouse has an open timber roof to the interior and a tiled floor. The original travelling crane is still in also still in situ. The Kerry Falls powerhouse is a good example of a smaller power station characteristic of a number of small scale schemes developed by NoSHEB to provide power to remote Highland communities. Other characteristic examples include Nostie Bridge and Storr Lochs. PL Payne, 1988, 5; E Wood, 2002, 38; J Miller, 2002.

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