Invergordon
Invergordon is a town as well as port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. More just recently it has actually additionally ended up being recognized for the repair service of oil rigs which line up in the Cromarty Firth on which the community is located. In the 1970s as well as 1980s nearby Nigg was understood for the construction of these rigs. The yard made use of for this is now trying to re-establish itself as a producer of large overseas wind turbines and also oil rig refurbishment because being bought by Global Energy Group. For a number of years Invergordon was the site of an aluminium smelter up until 1981 when British Aluminium closed it down. The pipeline that covered the conveyor belt from the smelter to the BA pier was not dismantled until the very early 2000s as well as the two large storage tanks still stand today in addition to a water tower. It still has a grain whisky distillery, operated by Philippines-owned whisky titan Whyte as well as Mackay, the output of which adds to several blended whiskies. Attached to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Today the port is seen by lots of large cruise liners yearly, as the deep water port permits disembarkation for instructor tours in the north Highlands. Considering that the 1970s some would certainly regard the community as a 'Glasgow nest', since several workers were recruited from southerly Scotland to work in the oil rig fabrication and aluminium smelting markets. Because of this, the residents' accents typically reveal a lot more impact from Glasgow, than the bordering Easter Ross dialect of Highland English although this has actually changed in recent times. Over the last few years Global Energy Group have actually been broadening, with the purchase of the Nigg fabrication backyard it has likewise brought much valued job to Invergordon's Docks with the community once again full of oil business employees through the day.
