Cruachan Power Station

The Cruachan Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in , Scotland, UK. The scheme can provide 440 MW of power and produced 705 GWh in 2009.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falls of Cruachan railway station and Falls of Cruachan Railway Viaduct.

Railway station
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is a railway station located at the foot of in . This station is on the branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

Bridge
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of in . This station is on the branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

Reservoir
Photo: James Hearton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a reservoir in . It is located to the north west of , in a corrie beneath . It is the upper reservoir for the Cruachan Power Station pumped-storage scheme.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardanaiseig and Lochawe.

Hamlet
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is a settlement on , , Scotland. Loch Awe is one of Scotland's longest freshwater lochs measuring 41.5km from end-to-end.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ miles east of Cruachan Power Station.

Hamlet
is a scattered settlement in , . lies on the B840 road just to the west of its junction with the main A819. is situated 3 miles southeast of Cruachan Power Station.

Cruachan Power Station

Latitude
56.39382° or 56° 23′ 38″ north
Longitude
-5.11345° or 5° 6′ 48″ west
Inception
October 15th, 1965
Operator
Drax
Open location code
9C8P9VVP+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 449382367
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q15212096
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Satellite Map

Discover Cruachan Power Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Hebrew to Ukrainian—“Cruachan Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “תחנת קרואקן”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cruachan vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Ben Cruachan vannkraftverk”
  • Scots: “Cruachan Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Круачан”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre and Tervine, dun site.

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