Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station
Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station is a hydroelectric plant located on the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland. It is owned and operated by the ESB Group.Photo: Íochtar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in County Cork
- Also known as: “Carrigadrohid Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carrigadrohid Castle and Carrigadrohid Lake.
Carrigadrohid Castle
Photo: Sole Origami, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carrigadrohid Castle is situated 1 km northeast of Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station.
Carrigadrohid Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrigadrohid Lake is a lake on the River Lee in County Cork, in the province of Munster, in the south of Ireland. Situated upstream of Carrigadrohid village, the lake is actually a reservoir, created for the Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station, which was erected in the 1950s.
Aghinagh Church
Ruins
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aghinagh Church is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km west of Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrigadrohid and Coachford.
Carrigadrohid
Locality
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrigadrohid is a townland and village in the civil parish of Aghinagh, County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the north bank of the River Lee, with the nearby village of Canovee to the south.
Coachford
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Coachford is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the north side of the River Lee. The village is located in the civil parish of Magourney. Coachford is situated 5 km east of Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station.
Aghabullogue
Village
Photo: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aghabullogue or Aghabulloge is a village and parish in the barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland. It lies around 30 km west of Cork City, south of the Boggeragh Mountains and north of the River Lee. Aghabullogue is situated 7 km northeast of Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station.
Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.89706° or 51° 53′ 49″ northLongitude
-8.86378° or 8° 51′ 50″ westInception
1957Operator
ESB GroupOpen location code
9C3HV4WP+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 421639262OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q38251466
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