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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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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.
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Laggan Community Paths For centuries Laggan has occupied a strategic position at the centre of Scotland's mainland, with strong lines of communication. Historically, travellers, soldiers, cattle drovers and pack-horse teams found a warm welcome here. The area boasts fine views, stunning waterfalls and an abundance of wildlife.
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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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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 village of Laggan lies at the heart of the Parish of Laggan on the upper reaches of the River Spey, one of Scotland's finest fishing rivers and approximately 10 miles from its source. The village and surrounding area is an ideal base from which to explore the spectacular countryside of this part of the Central Highlands of Scotland.
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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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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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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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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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About Laggan Laggan is our only base in the Caledonian Canal. Fort William and Ben Nevis (the UK's highest mountain) is only 3.5 hours south of the base, while Inverness is only 9hrs to the north. So the whole region is easy to explore in a week. The famous Loch Ness is just a 3hr cruise from Laggan. View our Laggan base on Google Maps
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Laggan Dam is a dam located on the River Spean south west of Loch Laggan in the Scottish Highlands. The dam is 700 feet long (213m) and 130 feet high (52m)
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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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(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.
The Laggan Dam is on the River Spean south west of Loch Laggan in Highland, Scotland. It was
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.