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Dossier #272 · GRanD 2623

Parteen Weir

🇮🇪Ireland · Shannon River · near Limerick

Built 1927 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
16 m
Crest length
4,670 m
Reservoir capacity
465 MCM
Reservoir area
114.3 km²
Average depth
4.1 m
Installed power
85 MW
Catchment
10,734 km²
Avg discharge
191,177 L/s
Elevation
26 masl
Degree of regulation
7.7 %

Notes

Lough Derg is a natural lake; at its outlet at Parteen Weir is Ardnacrusha hydropower station (85MW), which is part of the Shannon Scheme

Built 1927

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Provenance

Record 272 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 52.7622, -8.4772.