Pass of Brander
The Pass of Brander is a mountain pass in the Highlands of Scotland, where the main railway and road to Oban makes its way between Cruachan, a 3,689-foot (1,124 m) mountain, and Loch Awe.[1]
A conventional turbine power station was created by damming the River Awe in the Pass of Brander, feeding the water through underground pipes, and generating electricity as it flows into Loch Etive.
It is notable for the Battle of the Pass of Brander, an important victory by Robert the Bruce, and the Pass of Brander stone signals, known as Anderson's Piano, alongside the railway line, to guard against rockfalls.
References
[edit]- ^ G.W.S. Barrow (1965), Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 233, ISBN 0-7486-2022-2 (Fourth edition 2005)
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