Inniscarra Dam

Inniscarra Dam
Inniscarra Dam is located in Ireland
Inniscarra Dam
Location of Inniscarra Dam in Ireland
CountryIreland
LocationCounty Cork
Coordinates51°54′00″N 8°39′43″W / 51.90000°N 8.66194°W / 51.90000; -8.66194
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction beganFebruary 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-02)
Opening date1957 (67 years ago) (1957)
Dam and spillways
Type of damButtress
ImpoundsRiver Lee
Height45 m (148 ft)
Length247 m (810 ft)
Spillways3
Spillway length12 metres (39 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesInniscarra Lake
Power Station
Commission date1957 (67 years ago) (1957)
Turbines
Installed capacity19 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.

  1. ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ireland". IndustCards. 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.