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The Shannon hydro-electric scheme was constructed between 1925 and 1929 to harness the power of the river where it underwent a fall of nearly 35 metres in the final stages of its route to tidal waters at Limerick. The civil engineering works were undertaken by the German company Siemens-Schuckertwerke and on completion the power station at Ardnacrusha was the largest hydro-electric generating plant in the world. Initially there were three vertical shaft Francis turbine generators installed and in 1934 a single vertical shaft Kalan turbine generator was added, giving a total output of 85mw from an average head of 28.5 metres.

The rather unimposing entrance to the generating hall of the Ardnacrusha power station is via the doors on the left. The building was constructed by Siemens-Schuckertwerke and was completed in 1929.

It is only in the past couple of years that the control room at the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station has been taken out of use. Generation is now controlled remotely, but the Siemens built 1929 vintage equipment remains in situ.

Tongland, on the Dee just north of Kirkcudbright, is the largest power station in the Galloway Hydro Electric Power Scheme, producing 33 megawatts. (MW) . It was built in 1935 in the Art Deco style. The turbine hall, houses three 11 MW horizontal-running turbines. Drawing water from Tongland Loch and Loch Ken, power is generated at 11,500V and then stepped up to the 132,000V of the national grid by transformers in a compound behind the photographer. The power station is now operated by Scottish Power remotely from a control centre at Glenlee Power Station. A series of old photographs of the site and its construction can be found here .

The Shannon hydro-electric scheme was constructed between 1925 and 1929 to harness the power of the river where it underwent a fall of nearly 35 metres in the final stages of its route to tidal waters at Limerick. The civil engineering works were undertaken by the German company Siemens-Schuckertwerke and on completion the power station at Ardnacrusha was the largest hydro-electric generating plant in the world. Initially there were three vertical shaft Francis turbine generators installed and in 1934 a single vertical shaft Kalan turbine generator was added, giving a total output of 85mw from an average head of 28.5 metres.

It is only in the past couple of years that the control room at the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station has been taken out of use. Generation is now controlled remotely, but the Siemens built 1929 vintage equipment remains in situ.

The Shannon hydro-electric scheme was constructed between 1925 and 1929 to harness the power of the river where it underwent a fall of nearly 35 metres in the final stages of its route to tidal waters at Limerick. The civil engineering works were undertaken by the German company Siemens-Schuckertwerke and on completion the power station at Ardnacrusha was the largest hydro-electric generating plant in the world. Initially there were three vertical shaft Francis turbine generators installed and in 1934 a single vertical shaft Kalan turbine generator was added, giving a total output of 85mw from an average head of 28.5 metres.

Tongland, on the Dee just north of Kirkcudbright, is the largest power station in the Galloway Hydro Electric Power Scheme, producing 33 megawatts. (MW) . It was built in 1935 in the Art Deco style. The turbine hall, houses three 11 MW horizontal-running turbines. Drawing water from Tongland Loch and Loch Ken, power is generated at 11,500V and then stepped up to the 132,000V of the national grid by transformers in a compound behind the photographer. The power station is now operated by Scottish Power remotely from a control centre at Glenlee Power Station.