Foyers, British Aluminium Factory View from W showing NNW front of 8-bay range
SC 498709
Description Foyers, British Aluminium Factory View from W showing NNW front of 8-bay range
Date 30/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 498709
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former Foyers Aluminium Works, Inverness-shire This was the first aluminium smelting works in Britain to use Heroult's electrolytic process. It was built by the British Aluminium Co Ltd to use the water-power of the Falls of Foyers to generate the large quantities of electricity required. This view shows the frontage of the range of buildings constructed to house the electrolytic cells in which the aluminium was made. The masonry fronts were designed to harmonise with the scenic setting of the works. This works was designed to use the Caledonian Canal as its primary means of transport, and it had a wharf on Loch Ness, The works closed in the 1970, and the waterworks were adapted as a pumped-storage hydro-electric scheme. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/156/5
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