Images of the buttresses and spillway of the Errochty Hydro Electric Dam in Perthshire, Scotland. Part of the Tummel Garry Hydro Scheme.

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Errochty Dam is rare for its use of the diamond-headed buttress plan to give the dam extra strength to withstand lateral thrusts caused by earth tremors from the nearby Highland Boundary fault; it is a key component of one of the major post-war hydro electric developments by the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board (NoSHEB) and dominates the landscape of upper Glen Errochty.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Loch Errochty, Perthshire, Scotland.
Photo credit: © Neil G Paterson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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