Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Power station

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1957		Proposed	per North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Annuarl Report for 1957, published 25 Feb 1958 - per Builder 14 Mar 1958 p517
	1 August 1957		Scheme accepted	'Parliamentary approval was obtained last week' 'based on the Farrar and Beauly [Rivers]...will have a combined capacity of 102,000 kW. 'principal sites on the river Beauly - at Crask of Angus and Kilmorack Church. At each of these points the board are to build a combined dam and power-house...The largest station in the group will be situated at Deannie, in the central section of Glen Farrar. It will draw water by means of a tunnel six miles long from Loch Monar...this station will discharge into Loch Beannacharan...dammed to serve as a reservoir for a generating station at Culligran, on the left bank of the river Farrar downstream from the Culligran Falls.' per Builder p206
	1958		Build/construction	'contracts...for the Strathfarrar Scheme dams and power stations at Aigas and Kilmorack' awarded in 1958; 'those for the works in Glen Strathfarrar are to be placed early in 1959.' per Builder 6 March 1959 p477
	13 June 1958		Scheme accepted	'Hydro-Electric scheme...in the Strathfarrar-Kilmorack area, has been confirmed by the Secretary of State...catchment area of 350 square miles in the County of Ross and Cromarty. It will use the waters of Loch Monar and Loch Beannacharan and of the Farrar and Beauly. Five dams and four generating stations...' per Builder p1108
	9 January 1959		Build/construction	'A. A. Stuart and Sons (Glasgow) Ltd., ...given £2 1/4 m. contract for the construction of the Aigas Dam and the Kilmorack Dam on the Beauly, two of the five dams involved in the scheme.' per Builder p78
	13 March 1959		Build/construction	'Contracts worth nearly £4 1/2m...awarded to Mitchell Construction Co., Ltd. of Peterborough...[for] construction of the Deanie Tunnel; the Monar Dam and the Culligran tunnel and power station...township for engineers and labour staff...on site. Consulting civil engineers for the project are Sir William Halcrow and Partners, London.' per Builder p529

People

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Combined Dam and Power House, Crask of Aigas	20,000 kW capacity CHECK - same as 401667?
	Dam, Loch Monar
	Kilmorack Hydro-Electric Power Station (Combined Dam and Power House)	Kilmorack Church boring site on River Beauly?
	Loch Beannacharan Dam
	Loch Beannacharan, Deanie Power Station	38,000 kW capacity 'will draw water by means of a tunnel six miles long from Loch Monar, the level of which is to be raised by 76 ft. by the construction of a dam. This station will discharge into Loch Beannacharan' per Builder p206

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	14 March 1958			'Scottish Hydro-Electric Schemes' p517
	Builder	13 June 1958			'£14.25m. Hydro-Electric Scheme' p1108
	Builder	1 August 1958			'£14.25m. Power Scheme' p206
	Builder	9 January 1959			'Beauly River Dams' p78
	Builder	6 March 1959			'Hydro-Electric Board Annual Report' p477 (North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Annual Report for 1958, published 26 Feb 1959)
	Builder	13 March 1959			'Contracts for Scottish Firm' p529