Construction began in 1954 with the scheme completed and generating power by 1959. Loch Shin which was already a large loch was dammed to provide a reservoir raising the level of the water by 30ft / 11 metres.
There are a number of power stations in the scheme. The smallest is Duchally at the head of Glen Cassley producting half a magawatt. Water from here then travels through a two and a half mile tunnel to Cassley Power Station on the western shore of Loch Shin which geneates ten megawatts. The Loch Shin Dam at Lairg contains a generating station producing three and a half megawatts.
The main station is the Shin Power Station at Inveran, about 6 miles south of Lairg, which has an output of twenty four megawatts. The station takes its water directly from Loch Shin through a long tunnel.
1958, Shearer & Annand (architects), power station; Sir M Macdonald (consulting engineer)
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Energy
Contact Details
Ferrycroft Visitor Centre and Tourist Information Centre, Lairg, Sutherland, IV27 4tP
Location Information
Area: East Sutherland
OS Grid Reference: NC 57514 06962
Accessibility Information
Not accessible, but visible from Ferrycroft woodland footpath and lochside.