Basic Site Details
| Name: | Conon Valley Hydro Electric Scheme, Achanalt Power Station and Dam and fish pass |
| Town, district or village: | Lochluichart (Loch Luichart) |
| City or county: | Ross and Cromarty |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | C listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Conon Hydro-Electric Scheme | ||
| Loch A' Chuilinn | ||
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 | |
| c. February 1952 | July 1955 | Drawings dated | |
| 1957 | Opened | ||
| 8 March 1957 | Build/construction | 'built from stone quarried within the Board's area' per Builder p481 | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Shearer & Annand | A | 1952 | c. 1955 | ||
| George Annand | A | c. September 1952 | c. 1955 | ||
| James Grant Shearer | A | c. September 1952 | c. 1955 | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John | 1992 | Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland) | Penguin Books | p435 | |
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p7 | |
| Miller, J | 2002 | The Dam Builders: Power from the Glens | p92 | ||
| Payne, Peter L | 1988 | The Hydro: a Study in the Development of the Major Hydro-Eletric Scheme Undertaken by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electr | |||
| Scottish Hydro Electric | 2002 | Power from the Glens | p10 | ||
| Wood, Emma | 2002 | The Hydro Boys | p30 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architectural Heritage | 2003 | XIV | Article by Siobhan MacConnachie | |
| Builder | 8 March 1957 | p481 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51705 | |
| NAS | NSE North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board Collection | NSE, NSE1, NSE2 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Shearer and Annand Collection | SA 1950/55/1-12, SA 1950/56/1, SA 1950/57/1-5, SA 1950/58/1-4 | |