There has been some really good progress over the past 7 days.
A stone outer wall is being built around the Powerhouse. This will ensure that the Powerhouse appearance is in-keeping with the Mill and other local buildings. Insulation is being inserted in the wall cavity to act as sound insulation.
The lower slab that was cast last week has now set.
Earlier today the side walls were cast. They can be seen in the picture below encased in shuttering.
A substantial temporary dam is still in place to stop the river from flooding the lower part of the screw trench.
This picture shows the wall which the EA belatedly insisted that we build.
You can see that as a result of a few fine days there is currently very little water flowing over the weir.
Contractors will be starting work next week to install the cable that will eventually connect the hydro to the grid. The connection point is about 200m from the scheme. The work will involve digging a long trench and is expected to take about 1wk (weather permitting)
Not long now until the Archimedean Screw is delivered - we are all getting very excited!!
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