Kinlocheven, navvies' graveyard
SC 655680
Description Kinlocheven, navvies' graveyard
Catalogue Number SC 655680
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 13349 CN
Scope and Content Graveyard from the south-west, Aluminium Works, Kinlochleven, Highland The aluminium works at Kinlochleven was built between 1904 and 1909 by the British Aluminium Company Limited. By 1911 the works were producing about 7,112 tonnes of aluminium per annum which was around 87% of the total output of the company at that time. The works closed in June 2000. This shows Blackwater Dam, with the graveyard for the 'navvies' (workmen) who died building the dam in the foreground. The men worked very long hours doing work which would now be done by machinery. Many of the men spoke only Gaelic and moved on after a few weeks' work. The dam supplied water to the hydro-electric power station at the works. There had been little development for centuries in the area prior to the building of the works. This all changed during the construction of the works when 2,000-3,000 workmen descended on the area. The community was nicknamed 'Aluminiumville'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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