What is recorded here
Reinforced concrete hydro-electric dam, c.1950, with sluice gates and salmon leap.
This dam is not only an essential part of the water management in the area but shows the technical abilities achieved in the mid twentieth century.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11201001
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Leimanbhradain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Edge977, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gdonlon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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