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Livishie Power Station - Tailrace

The tailrace from Livishie is a free-flow tunnel which dicharges into Loch Dundreggan a short distance upstream from Dundreggan dam, just opposite the access road to the power station:

The short track leading to the tailrace works actually has a branch which heads underground - this flooded ramp, with a gate across the end, leads directly into the tailrace (which is running from left to right behind the gate). This would have been used during construction - much of the Garry/Moriston scheme was constructed using vehicles with ordinary rubber tyres underground for the first time in the UK, in place of the more conventional railway tracks. It can probably still be used for maintenance. The concrete structure to the left, with a wooden door visible, apparently doesn't lead anywhere significant - it's just a small room currently used as a pollution control store.

Looking across Loch Dundreggan from the Livishie tailrace, Dundreggan dam and the intake structure for Glenmoriston power station are clearly visible.

Words and images © 2003 Michael J. Ross