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Operations & Assets
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Gillian O'Reilly, SSE's head of herit-
age, led a project to gather stories
from engineers and workers who
helped bring hydropower to Scotland
more than 70 years ago. She spoke
with some of the original 'Donegal
Tunnel Tigers', including John 'Gonna'
O'Donnel.
He said: "As I remember back to the
tiring 12-hour shis, the poor-quality
food, the 20 shared beds in the bunk-
houses and the wellingtons that invar-
How hydropower
came to Scotland
