SEVENTY YEARS AGO Thursday May 8, 1952

Changes at Glen Lussa

A reinforced concrete arch dam has been built at Glen Lussa, for the North of Scotland HydroElectric scheme.

Behind this 284 feet long dam, 450 feet above sea level, is the vast two-mile long reservoir with a storage capacity of 207 million cubic feet.

The site for the dam lends itself to the use of horizontal arch construction for the central portion with short abutments of gravity section at each end.

The horizontal arch has a radius of 150 feet and a length of 160 feet, measuring along the upstream face.

The total volume of concrete in the dam is about 5,000 cubic yards.

The reservoir has been stocked with trout.

In 1952: Seventy years ago the National Coal Board was advertising for miners for Kintyre.