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Hydroelectric power station in Aughnacloy

Hydroelectric power station
Hydroelectric power station in Aughnacloy
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Detached single-storey rendered turbine house, built c. 1915. L-plan, water wheel to east. Flat roof missing. Unpainted roughcast walling. Square-headed window openings, thin concrete sills, steel casement windows. Square-headed door opening, door missing. Cast-iron and steel water wheel. On north bank of Feorish River, Foyoges Bridge to west, steep river bank to north.
This water-wheel and turbine station is of historical and technical interest as an early example of localised hydro-electric power generation.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 32403502

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Pictures: Foggyflies, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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