Foyers Aluminium Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Foyers Aluminium Works (1896-1967)Served by the Foyers Aluminium Works Tramway.
Description
This aluminium works was at Foyers on the east side of Loch Ness. It was linked by a 3ft line to Foyers Pier.
Tags
Aluminium works
| Nearby stations Fort Augustus Pier Fort Augustus Aberchalder Beauly Clunes Lentran Bunchrew Ness Islands Railway Muir of Ord Market Stance Platform Muir of Ord Clachnaharry Invergarry Inverness Moy Inverness Innes Street Ticket Platform | Foyers Power Station Battery Rock Oich Viaduct Fort Augustus Locks Tourist/other Loch Ness Foyers Pier White Bridge Drumnadrochit Urquhart Castle Loch Ness Corrimony Chambered Cairn Fort Augustus Lighthouse Old Bridge Of Oich Fort Augustus Abbey Lovat Arms and Station Hotel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1900 | British Aluminium Co Ltd Opens bauxite plant at Larne Harbour [1st], north of the station, connected to the Ballymena and Larne Railway. Alumina was brought from the Lyle Hill Mines to the works and additional supplies came from overseas. Vessels operated on a triangular route bringing bauxite from Larne to Foyers Aluminium Works, then returning to Larne via Ayrshire where coal would be picked up for the Larne Works. |
