Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands as well as lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north exist the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe. The town was created from 2 formerly different tiny neighborhoods - Kinlochmore to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire and also Kinlochbeg to the south of the Leven in Argyll - following the construction of an aluminium smelter as well as connected housing for its workers. The handling plant was powered by a hydroelectric scheme positioned in the mountains over, as well as made Kinlochleven the very first town worldwide to have actually every house attached to power, coining the expression "The Electric Village". In 1991, the town (according to annual census returns) had just over 1000 residents in some 420 households. Today it is a remarkable vacationer destination and also centre for mountain pursuits.
