A Son of the Rock

The River Tummel is dammed where it passes Pitlochry in the county of Perth and Kinross and the site houses a hydro-electric power station. The dam created the man-made reservoir Loch Faskally and the buildings are in the deco style.

Pitlochry Dam as seen from access road from the town centre:-

Loch Faskally from Pitlochry Dam (looking north-west):-

River Tummel (looking south-east from Pitlochry Dam.) Pitlochry Festival Theatre visible to the right:-

Cartouche and window of building at Pitlochry Dam:-

There is a fish ladder up the west side of the dam to allow salmon access up to their spawning grounds. When I was last there you could see the fish directly (if one was in the particular step with the window.) Now it seems to be a closed-circuit TV system. The photo below is of the upper platfrom: the fish ladder is to the right here:-

Pitlochry Dam buildings from east side. Part of the fish ladder to the right:-

Pitlochry Dam Generator Building from south:-

Pitlochry Dam + Generator Building:-

Pitlochry Dam Building from South:-

Pitlochry Dam window and cartouche from west side of the river bank:-

This Pitlochry shop has an Art Deco roof-line; good “stepping”:-