[2] The plant was installed with a capacity of 20 kilowatts which was distributed on cables across the Wharfe up to Grassington on the north bank of the river (some 2,000 feet (600 m) upstream).

The owners of Linton Mill, formed a new concern called the Craven Hydro-electric Supply Company and they generated electricity up until 1948,[note 1] when the arrival of the National Grid made the scheme redundant.

The company who developed the Linton Falls scheme has an agreement with Spaans Babcock who have supplied other screws to JN Bentley for other hydro projects.

[12] The re-engineering of the plant also had to minimise the impact on the local wildlife, which included bats, white-clawed crayfish and fine-lined pea mussels.

[13] The mussels are very rare in Great Britain and are mostly confined to southern and central England; the presence of them in the River Wharfe is noted as being a "considerable outpost".