The dam builders : power from the glens
Miller, James, 1948-2002
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In the thirty years after the end of the Second World War, the construction schemes of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric board changed the face of the Highlands and brought electricity to almost the whole of the country north of the Highland Line. Nothing on such a scale had ever been attempted before. Fired by the idealism of Tom Johnston, the Board's founder and Secretary of State for Scotland, the schemes brought regeneration and hope. By the time th last scheme was opened in 1975, the engineers commissioned by the Board had built some fifty major dams and power stations, almost 200 miles of tunnel, 400 miles of road, and over 20,000 miles of power line. This is a vivid account of the schemes and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality an now, often for the first time, tell what it was like.
Main title:
The dam builders : power from the glens / James Miller.
Author:
Miller, James, 1948-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2002.
Collation:
256 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
18415822559781841582252
Dewey class:
333.914094115333.914094115333.914333.7932621.312333.793209627.809333.91409333.793/FKB627.8333.9333.7
Local class:
627.80941333.7932627.8621.312333.914621333.7
Language:
English
Subject:
Dams -- Scotland -- Highlands -- Design and constructionHydroelectric power plants -- Scotland -- Highlands -- HistoryDamsHydro electricity -- Power stationsEnvironment and EcologyElectric utilities -- History -- 20th century -- Scotland -- HighlandsElectric power transmission -- History -- Scotland -- Highlands -- 20th centuryHighlands -- Economy and Social ReconstructionCivil engineering -- Hydro electric power -- Highlands
Index terms:
NORTH OF SCOTLAND HYDRO-ELECTRIC BOARD DAMS
BRN:
150717