Pipes at Kinlochleven Power Station
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Pipes at Kinlochleven Power Station
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 20 Nov 2015
Water pipes at the hydroelectric plant built in 1909 to power the aluminium smelter which closed in 2000. The plant, with more modern turbines and alternators, still supplies power to the smelter at Fort William - see http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1242.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.71298
Longitude
-4.958197