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[[Image:Im1930v151-p32da.jpg |thumb|1930. Pipe Line Looking towards Power-House.]] | |||
[[Image:Im1931v152-p196.jpg |thumb|1931. River Crossing and Construction Railway; Steel Pipe Aqueduct over River Ericht.[[Balfour, Beatty and Co]], Engineers and Contractors.]] | |||
[[Image:Im1931v152-p222.jpg |thumb|1931. The Valve House. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1931v152-p246.jpg |thumb|1931. Views of the Power House.]] | |||
A hydro-electric scheme constructed initially for the [[Grampian Electricity Supply Co]]. | A hydro-electric scheme constructed initially for the [[Grampian Electricity Supply Co]]. | ||
1930 A dam and diversion works were built at the outlet of Loch Ericht to provide a water supply to the new Rannoch hydro-power station; the [[Ericht Hydro-Electric Scheme]] was brought into operation at the end of 1930.<ref>The Engineer 1931/08/07</ref> | 1930 A dam and diversion works were built at the outlet of Loch Ericht to provide a water supply to the new Rannoch hydro-power station; the [[Ericht Hydro-Electric Scheme]] was brought into operation at the end of 1930.<ref>[[The Engineer 1931/08/07]]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:55, 28 March 2025




A hydro-electric scheme constructed initially for the Grampian Electricity Supply Co.
1930 A dam and diversion works were built at the outlet of Loch Ericht to provide a water supply to the new Rannoch hydro-power station; the Ericht Hydro-Electric Scheme was brought into operation at the end of 1930.[1]