Shannon Hydro Scheme
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The Shannon hydro scheme marked the beginning of the electrification of Ireland. It harnessed the power of the River Shannon and led to the setting up of the country’s Electricity Supply Board.
The scheme was the brainchild of Irish engineer Thomas McLaughlin, who worked for the German firm Siemens Schukert in Berlin. McLaughlin persuaded the Irish government to build a single power station near the village of Ardnacrusha on the banks of the Shannon. His plan diverted the river down a man-made canal to a waterfall that would drive the power station’s turbines. At the time, the scheme was one of the largest civil engineering projects in the world.
The Shannon Hydro scheme has brought a reliable supply of electricity to much of Ireland which speeded up the country’s commercial and industrial development.
To learn more about the Shannon Hydro Scheme click here: www.ice.org.uk...
Interesting, we have an other Power project, which is approaching 100 years old here in NZ, it is behind the town of Shannon. wow!
My grandfather's house was slap bang in the middle of the tail-race. it had to be demolished. But the Government built a new and better house for my granddad and family. My granny had two small children and had to endure blastings and explosions until that happened.
Wrecked our river
terrible for river connectivity and migratory fish. Somethings needs to be done!
Hopefully will be removed in the near future to let the Shannon and its eco system recover to its former glory.
If it only supplies 2% of electricity...
Surely they could have thought of a way to redirect the fish around the turbines. Stop them further up river and have a ditch tunnel for them to swim down bypassing the turbines... also they do actually have fish pools where they raise fish and release them so it's not like it effected the eco system that much.
@maryflannery6805 Yeah and that's a town the size of sligo which is actually pretty good for when it was built, they did a great job on it at the time.
it will not be removed as they want it more than ever now ..they are very very short of electricty when the wind is not blowing ..two new turbines went in this spring .........so it will be around for another 100 years
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