Document record MAB54550 - HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION, TORRYBURN

Site of a reservoir and feeder pipe for a hydro-electric power scheme.

Site of a reservoir and feeder pipe for a hydro-electric power scheme. The power station is depicted on the OS 3rd edition map (circa 1933) - see NJ71NE0281 as a 'Power House' of the Aberdeen Electric Supply Company. Sections of a concrete pipe which carried water to the station were uncovered and removed during development work in 2007, running from circa NJ 79065 14318 to NJ 79085 14383. Further south the pipe had been destroyed when the A96 was built or widened. It had run to the station from a reservoir located NJ 7904 1421, also owned by the company and shown on the 3rd edition OS map with an overflow at the west end of the dam. The reservoir has since been drained and its north end is now occupied by a roundabout. The pipe is not shown on the OS map, but further investigation in 2007 by MAS recorded a section where it is carried across the Tuach Burn on the east side of the bridge carrying the B994. Much of the rest of the pipe is likely to have been removed during construction of the industrial estate. The date of construction is not known but must postdate 1905, the first recorded use of reinforced concrete. No trace was observed of the tail race which must have existed to carry the outflow water away.

Murray, JC, 2007, Hydro-Electric Pipe, Kintore - watching brief, WB report (Bibliographic reference). SAB2971.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2008, DISCOVERY & EXCAVATION SCOTLAND, p.25 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4029.

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May 5 2021 2:02PM