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General view of dam construction. Image is annotated "Construction works on left bank of river 4-11-59"

General view of shuttering work, McAlpine crane right foreground. Image is annotated "Shuttering of left bank monolith 4-12-59"

Closer view of the left bank construction with McAlpine crane in foreground. A couple of men standing on the shuttering just above crane arm.
Image is annotated "Shuttering of left bank monolith 4-12-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros,…

General view of construction across the valley. Image shows a crane middle left and three men working on scaffolding in the centre. Note no safety equipment.
Image is annotated "View from left bank of river 4-12-59"

Close view of construction , taken on same day as DD.045. Men can be seen standing at the base of the monolith and one at the bottom of the image.
It is annotated "Profile of monolith on right bank"

Image is annotated "Construction in overflow weir section 1-1-1960"
Couple of men centre bottom

General View of Construction. One man can be seen standing on top of dam on left side. There are also men working on the other monolith on the scaffolding and at the base on a concrete pour.
Image is annotated "View of dam from right bank 1-1-60"

General view looking down on shuttering for the spillway.. Some men working towards bottom centre. Image is annotated "Spillway foundation from left bank downstream 1-2-60"

General view of construction work. Image is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 1-2-60"

Close-up of scaffolding, looking up site offices. Image is annotated "View scaffolding in spillway section 1960-02-01"

View of scaffolding from above. Two men in caps can be seen bottom right. Image is annotated "Spillway foundation from monolith No 7. 1-2-60"

General view of construction of spillway. Men are working at the top of the shuttering in centre of image. It is annotated "Spillway construction right bank 1-2-60"

View of construction of shuttering for the spillway, men can be seen working with scaffolding poles centre right. Image is annotated "Shuttering spillway section left bank 2-3-1960"

General view of construction. Image is annotated " View from left bank looking upstream 2-3-1960"

View of excavation work for spillway. Men at work in bottom centre of image, between two cranes, one above left and the other to their right by scaffolding. The image is annotated "Spillway excavation from right bank 2-3-60"

View of construction work across the valley. Several men working on the scaffolding and in the spillway, a crane to the left. The image is annotated "Spillway excavation from left bank 2-3-60"

General view showing shuttering and scaffolding work for spillway. The image is annotated "Spillway construction right bank 2-3-60"

General view of the construction across the valley.
Image is annotated "View from right bank looking upstream 4-4-60"

Close-up of shuttering for spillway. Image is annotated "Spillway foundation excavation. View from right bank upstream. 4-4-60"

View of construction and scaffolding. Image annotated "Spillway construction looking upstream from right bank 4-4-60"