Pitlochry Dam and Fish Ladder, Scotland 1967

This 1967 view looks down over Pitlochry Dam on the River Tummel, with visitors gathered along the walkways above the famous fish ladder and the hydro-electric works below. The clean-lined concrete buildings and terraces give the scene a distinctly modern feel, while the river and wooded valley beyond soften the engineering with a typically Perthshire backdrop.

The stepped channel running beside the roadway is the salmon ladder, built so fish could continue upstream after the dam was completed as part of the Tummel hydro-electric scheme. By the late 1960s it had already become one of Pitlochry’s best-known attractions, bringing together power generation, tourism and the seasonal salmon run in one setting.