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Close up aerial view of Lower Foyers on South Loch Ness, looking SSE.
DP 342773
Description Close up aerial view of Lower Foyers on South Loch Ness, looking SSE.
Date 2/6/2012
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 342773
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Farm village which became an early Highland industrial site. Using hydroelectric power, Foyers aluminium smelter opened in 1896 and closed in 1970. Houses for factory workers, a pavilion and a bus garage were built to service the new working population. On closure of the factory, a new pump store power station was built near the factory site. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2020/58
External Reference D2562
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2107144
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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