Foyers, British Aluminium Factory General view from NE showing ENE and NNW fronts
SC 498712
Description Foyers, British Aluminium Factory General view from NE showing ENE and NNW fronts
Date 30/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 498712
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 range of buildings constructed to house the smelting plant, with masonry fronts to harmonise with their scenic setting Note the remains of a wartime camouflage scheme to discourage aerial attack. This works was a strategic target in World War II, when its output was vital for the production of warplanes, hence the camouflage. It closed in 1970, and the waterworks were adapted as a pumped-storage hydro-electric scheme. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/156/8
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