Inniscarra Dam

Inniscarra Dam
Location of Inniscarra Dam in Ireland
Country	Ireland
Location	County Cork
Coordinates	51°54′00″N 8°39′43″W
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Construction began	February 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-02)
Opening date	1957 (67 years ago) (1957)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Buttress
Impounds	River Lee
Height	45 m (148 ft)
Length	247 m (810 ft)
Spillways	3
Spillway length	12 metres (39 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Inniscarra Lake
Power Station
Commission date	1957 (67 years ago) (1957)
Turbines	1 x 15 MW 1 x 4 MW Kaplan-type[1]
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.

References

1. "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ireland". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
2. Kieran McCarthy (12 June 2008). "In the Footsteps of St Finbarre (Part 120) Building Inniscarra Dam". Cork Independent. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.