Allt na Lairige Dam (Burn of the Pass), is a pre-stressed concrete dam in Argyll and Bute, Scotland at . It creates an impounding

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

which serves Allt na Lairige hydro-electric power station, which is part of the

Shira Hydro-Electric Scheme The Shira Hydro-Electric Scheme is a project initiated by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to use the waters of the River Shira, the River Fyne and other small streams to generate hydroelectricity. It is located between Loch Fyne and ...

, and is located on the River Fyne just before it discharges into

Loch Fyne Loch Fyne (, ; meaning "Loch of the Vine/Wine"), is a sea loch off the Firth of Clyde and forms part of the coast of the Cowal, Cowal Peninsula. Located on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It extends inland from the Sound o ...

. The dam was designed by William George Nicholson Geddes, as directed by James Arthur Banks of

Babtie, Shaw and Morton Babtie, Shaw and Morton was a firm of civil engineers based in Glasgow, Scotland, and noted for its work on bridges, dams and reservoirs. History It took its name following the 1906 merger of Babtie & Bonn (a partnership founded by John Babtie ...

of Glasgow. Construction was carried out by

Marples Ridgway Marples Ridgway was a British civil engineering company founded in 1948 by engineer Reginald Ridgway and accountant Ernest Marples. Marples served as the British Minister of Transport between 1959 and 1964. In 1964, the company was taken over by ...

. It was completed in 1956 and has a height of . It is the only large pre-stressed concrete dam in Britain.

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"Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"
Dams in Scotland {{Scotland-stub

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