Carsfad Dam, Galloway Hydroelectric Power Scheme is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 February 2011. Dam.

Carsfad Dam, Galloway Hydroelectric Power Scheme

WRENN ID: lapsed-sentry-dust
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 11 February 2011
Type: Dam
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

James Williamson with Sir Alexander Gibb consulting engineers; Merz and McLellan, electrical engineers; 1936. Long curved-section concrete arch and gravity dam with single control tower to centre and elevated roadway to crest on piers over fixed spill. Concrete parapet to roadway, with larger piers flanking control tower forming buttresses to downstream face (S). Control tower spanning walkway with chamfered upper corners tall narrow round headed opening to base with single rounded headed window above, metal covering to doorway (2009). Valve-house to base (S) of dam in reinforced concrete directly beneath control tower.

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