Fettykil Paper Mill Hydro-Electric Headworks
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Fettykil Paper Mill Hydro-Electric Headworks
Image: © David Bowie Taken: 4 Feb 2008
Sluice gates and overflow weir by which excess water by-passes the Hydro-Electric power station at Fettykil Paper Mill to return to the River Leven below. While Fettykil Paper Mill closed in June 2006, the hydro-electric station continues to generate supplying power for lighting the site.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.200115
Longitude
-3.206838