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A GRAPHIC record of salmon (Salmo salar) ascending the fish pass at Cathaleen's Fall Hydro-Electric Generating Station has been kept for four fishing seasons. This station is one of two erected by the Electricity Supply Board, Ireland, on the River Erne. It is located at the toe of a dam across the river and has an installed capacity of 45,000 kW. and a gross head of approximately 100 ft.
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JACKSON, P. Movement of Salmon on the River Erne. Nature 182, 543 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182543a0
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