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North end of works from south including carbon plant and offices Digital image of B 13428
SC 716968
Description North end of works from south including carbon plant and offices Digital image of B 13428
Date 8/4/1991
Catalogue Number SC 716968
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 13428
Scope and Content North end of 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 the north end of the works. The furnace is the seven-bayed building in the centre and the main office is the two-storeyed building on the left. The carbon plant is behind these two buildings and the cell room occupied the range of bays with roof lights on the bottom right. The carbon plant made the electrodes which were used to conduct electricity into the cells in the cell room where pure aluminium was made. Aluminium is a lightweight metal which is strong and anti-corrosive. The metal was widely used for domestic utensils in the late 19th century. Today, aluminium is used mainly in aircraft manufacture. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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