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Laggan Dam was the first large siphon spillway used in the UK. [6] The foundations are built on granite, and the dam was built in seven sections, with copper strip and hot poured asphalt water stops in the joints. [4] Water from the dam is conveyed to Loch Treig through three miles (5 kilometres) of tunnel.
Laggan Dam was constructed at a constriction in the valley approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) downstream of Loch Laggan creating Laggan Reservoir. This is linked to Loch Laggan by a short section of the River Spean, which was dredged to make use of the storage capacity in the loch. While the downstream dam site required a larger dam than an ...
Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated approximately 6 + 1 ⁄ 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.
Stage 2 included building dams at Loch Trieg and Loch Laggan, with the lochs linked by a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tunnel. Stage 3 allowed the headwaters of the River Spey and the River Mashie to be diverted into Loch Laggan. [3] The first stage of the project took five years to build, starting in the mid-1920s, and cost £3 million.
Loch Laggan and Loch Treig - both part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme; Loch Monar - part of the Strathfarrar hydroelectric scheme; Loch Quoich and Loch Garry - both part of the Glen Garry hydroelectric scheme; Loch Loyne and Loch Cluanie - both part of the Glen Moriston hydroelectric scheme; Loch Mullardoch - part of the Glen Affric ...
Fersit Halt however was opened to serve the navvy encampment and the construction depot for the Lochaber Power Scheme that involved extensive works building dams at Loch Treig and Loch Laggan. [3] A diversion of the original West Highland Railway line route was necessary over a distance of [ 4 ] 1.5 miles, the original trackbed is visible ...
The single name Lochan na h-Earba is applied to two lochs to the south of Loch Laggan in Highland, Scotland, close to the historic boundary between Lochaber and Badenoch.It is thought that the two lochs once formed a single loch, but became separated by the build up alluvial deposits from the Moy Burn (Scottish Gaelic: Allt a' Mhaigh), which now joins the short watercourse that connects the ...
The principal lochs in Badenoch are Loch Laggan, Loch Insh and Loch Ericht. The River Spey and its numerous tributaries water the district abundantly. South of Loch Insh, the Spey extends into the Insh Marshes. The Highland railway traverses Badenoch from Dalnaspidal to Boat of Garten.