Winter Snow in Glen Shero Laggan Badenoch and Strathspey Highland Region Inverness shire Scotland GPLM 1135
In 1929 The British Aluminium Company Ltd completed their major hydro construction programme of dams and pipework to carry millions of litres of water to their new aluminium smelters at Fort William and Kinlochleven. Hundreds of men came from all over to work and labour on the project and others became the first employees of the company. Earlier, in 1907, the Kinlochleven plant was commissioned Loch Treig, which you can see from the West Highland Railway Line, north and east of Spean Bridge, is the main source of water. Water is taken from the loch along a 24Km long pipe, which is in diameter. Along the way to Fort William additional water is collected from the surrounding hills and introduced to the pipe. The familiar pipes descending from the shoulder of Ben Nevis are the last section of the waterway. This produces a fantastic volume and power of water and gravity drives it into our DC generating turbines. GPLM 1135
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Location: Glen Shero Laggan Badenoch and Strathspey Highland Region Inverness shire Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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