Powerhouse. Excluding Pipes To East And Tailrace To West, Kinlochleven Hydroelectric Scheme And Former Aluminium Smelter is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 2004. Powerhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Powerhouse. Excluding Pipes To East And Tailrace To West, Kinlochleven Hydroelectric Scheme And Former Aluminium Smelter
- WRENN ID
- south-flue-khaki
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2004
- Type
- Powerhouse
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
A Alban, H Scott, architect and supervising engineer and W M Morrison, General Manager, 1905-1909. Long, single-storey rectangular-plan powerhouse with granite rubble facings and reinforced concrete frame. Part of large high-head hydro-electric scheme which supplied electricity to adjacent aluminium smelter (demolished 2001). NE elevation of 17 buttressed bays each containing tall tripartite windows. Large opening in NW gable with metal roller door, 2 tripartite windows to right with small narrow door, occuli to pedimented gable. Tail race and pipes with control valves run alongside NE elevation.
Pitched Ballachulish slate roof with glazed ridge vents to NE and long rooflight.
INTERIOR: plain interior with Red Cheshire tiled floor, off-centre track (former wagon rail). Splayed windows painted and plastered interior brick walls. Travelling crane on steel buttresses, steel lattice roof trusses.
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