Inniscarra Dam

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Inniscarra Dam
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Location of Inniscarra Dam in Ireland
Country Ireland
Location County Cork
Coordinates 51°54′00″N8°39′43″W / 51.90000°N 8.66194°W / 51.90000; -8.66194
Purpose Power
StatusOperational
Construction beganFebruary 1953(70 years ago) (1953-02)
Opening date1957(66 years ago) (1957)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Buttress
Impounds River Lee
Height45 m (148 ft)
Length247 m (810 ft)
Spillways 3
Spillway length12 metres (39 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Inniscarra Lake
Power Station
Commission date1957(66 years ago) (1957)
Turbines
Installed capacity 19 MW

Inniscarra Dam is a buttress dam located on the River Lee in the civil parish of Inniscarra in County Cork, Ireland. Construction of the dam started in February 1953 and resulted in the formation of the Inniscarra Reservoir. The dam is owned and operated by the ESB Group and has a generation capacity of 19 MW. [2] It over-flooded in November 2009 and caused around 100 million euros worth of damage to the city, with University College Cork saying it damaged 20 million euros worth of property.

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References

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  2. Kieran McCarthy (12 June 2008). "In the Footsteps of St Finbarre (Part 120) Building Inniscarra Dam". Cork Independent. Retrieved 9 June 2012.