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Invergordon, Aluminium Smelter, Saltburn Pier
Jetty (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Invergordon, Aluminium Smelter, Saltburn Pier
Classification Jetty (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Firth; Firth Of Cromarty; Invergordon, Aluminium Smelter, Jetty; Invergordon, Aluminium Works, Pier; British Alcan Pier
Canmore ID 75542
Site Number NH76NW 30
NGR NH 7260 6846
NGR Description NH 7260 6846 to NH c. 7212 6932
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75542
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH76NW 30 7260 6846 to c. 7212 6932
Pier [name: NH 723 688]
Conveyor [name: NH 721 692]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.
For (associated) aluminium smelting works, see NH77SW 24.
Jetty for aluminium works.
In use - Stable condition.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Charted as British Alcan Pier: UKHO chart no. 1889 (1975, revised 1990).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 October 2011.
Saltburn Pier [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, October 2011.
Field Visit (2015)
This pier was built to allow movement of raw materials and finished product to and from the now demolished Invergordon Aluminium Smelter which closed in 1981. A conveyor that was connected to the pier from the smelter survived until c.1986. The pier is some 1.0km in length, exploiting the deep water in the Cromarty Firth. At its loading end it has a travelling hopper and crane and two fixed green light beacons.
Visited by HES (MMD), 12 Octpber 2015
