Site Records

Quoich Power Station

OS Grid Ref: NH 10717 01186
Date opened: 1955
Date closed : Operational

There's no works or gatehouse associated with the surge shaft at Quoich; it's a simple fenced hole in the ground on the open hillside above the power station, reached by a hill track:

Photo: Quoich Surge Shaft
Photo by: Mike Ross

The shaft enclosure:

Looking down the shaft. No access ladder, just a view down the upper expansion chamber, then the 'rim' around the narrower main part of the surge shaft. The white substance in the picture is snow. Look carefully and you can just see the ripples on the water surface, a long way down the shaft - the water level in the shaft is the same as the level at Loch Quoich, of course, and that was quite low when this photo was taken:

Looking down the shaft. No access ladder, just a view down the upper expansion chamber, then the 'rim' around the narrower main part of the surge shaft. The white substance in the picture is snow. Look carefully and you can just see the ripples on the water surface, a long way down the shaft - the water level in the shaft is the same as the level at Loch Quoich, of course, and that was quite low when this photo was taken:

A short distance down the hill below the surge shaft is the construction adit, used in the building of the tunnel, and still used for access for maintenance and inspection:

Photo: Quoich Surge Shaft - Adit
Photo by: Mike Ross

A closer view of the adit entrance. the sign warns that it's an 'unlined access tunnel':

Words and images © 2006 Michael J. Ross