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Laggan Dam releasing into the River Spean, the Dam stretches across the River at the western end of Loch Laggan, between Laggan and Roybridge in the Scottish.
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Laggan ( Gaelic: Lagan [1]) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland. [2] It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is notable as being the region in Badenoch where the Gaelic language survived the longest. [1]
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When finally finished in 1943 this comprised a network of dams and tunnels across the area that included the creation of Loch Laggan by the building of the 900ft Laggan Dam. The Lochaber Project culminated with the construction of a 15 foot diameter tunnel that ran for 15 miles from Loch Treig under the Ben Nevis range to emerge 600ft up on the.
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Stage 1. From the road junction in Laggan by the cafe, head east along the A86 passing the church and taking care on this sometimes busy and fast road. After 1.5km pass the Laggan Hotel and take the next left signed for Balgowan. Follow this uphill and past a number of houses before the road levels off.
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Laggan Dam, C. S. Meik & Halcrow, 1934 Constructed as part of the British Aluminium Co's damming operations in Lochaber to provide water for the hydroelectric plant in Fort William, this confident monument to engineering marks the eastern boundary of Lochaber.
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Coordinates: 56.829°N 5.073°W The Lochaber hydroelectric scheme is a hydroelectric power generation project constructed in the Lochaber area of the western Scottish Highlands after the First World War.
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Some uphill. Duration 1-1.5 hours. Ascent: c. 100metres. 2022 update. There is only 1 sensible way at present to walk to the Druim An Aird site ruins. From the car park - take the forest track beside the aqueduct. This route follows past the cottage on forest track for 1.5 miles, turning left at the quarry to top of road.
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The Lochaber powerhouse and smelter were part of one of the most significant British engineering achievements of the 20th century. The creation of a pressure tunnel bored through solid bedrock under the flanks of Ben Nevis to connect the powerhouse with the Laggan and Treig reservoirs was a major technological achievement in 1929.
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Laggan Dam. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: Laggan Dam. Object location. 56° 53′ 23″ N, 4° 40′ 24″ W. View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap. Laggan Dam. dam in Highland, Scotland, UK, impounds the Glen Spean reservoir. Upload media.
The Laggan Dam is on the River Spean south west of Loch Laggan in Highland, Scotland. It was
(Upper section below Laggan dam) NAME OF RIVER: Upper Spean. INTRODUCTION: Massive wavetrains, big water and non - stop fun! If you are lucky enough to catch it in high water it is probably the best high volume run in scotland - Only the garrybezi and maybe the arkaig can kick ass like this stretch can! Though big and scary, for the most part.
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The Laggan Dam is a gravity dam, designed to resist the force of the water purely by the weight of the dam's material. Facts and Figures The dam is 700 feet long (213m) and 130 feet high (52m) The dam's radius of curvature is 2000 feet (610m) 1000 men worked on constructing the network of dams Workmen lived at Roughburn camp adjacent to the site
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Laggan Dam is a dam located on the River Spean south west of Loch Laggan in the Scottish Highlands . History The structure was built as part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme by Balfour Beatty for the British Aluminium Company and construction was finished in 1934.
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The dam is about 700 feet (210 metres) long, and 48 m (157 ft) high between the level of the foundations and the crest of the spillway. It is curved upstream like an arch dam with a radius of curvature of 2,000 ft (610 m), but works purely on the principle of a gravity dam. The whole crest of the dam, except for a section in the middle that.
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Coordinates: 56.9481°N 4.4901°W Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated approximately 61⁄2 mi (10.5 km) west of Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape, runs nearly northeast to southwest and is approximately 7 mi (11 km) in length. It has an average depth of 68 ft (21 m) and is 174 ft (53 m) at its deepest.
