Allt na Lairige Dam (Burn of the Pass), is a pre-stressed concrete dam in Argyll and Bute, Scotland at . It creates an impounding

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

which serves the Glen Fyne hydroelectric scheme. The dam was designed by

William George Nicholson Geddes William George Nicholson Geddes CBE DSc FRSE FEng (29 July 1913 – 10 November 1993) was a Scottish civil engineer. Life George Geddes was born in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian the son of Ina Nicholson and her husband, William Brydon Geddes ...

, as directed by

James Arthur Banks James Arthur Banks (1897 – 1 December 1967) was a Scottish civil engineer.Babtie, Shaw and Morton Babtie, Shaw and Morton was a firm of civil engineers based in Glasgow, Scotland, and noted for its work on bridges, dams and reservoirs. History It took its name following the 1906 merger of Babtie & Bonn (a partnership founded by John Babtie ...

of Glasgow.Engineering Timelines
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. It was completed in 1956 and has a height of 22 metres.

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"Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"
Dams in Scotland {{Scotland-stub

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