Invergordon is a community and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It depends on the parish of Rosskeen. The community is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. A lot more just recently it has additionally come to be known for the repair of oil well which align in the Cromarty Firth on which the community is situated. In the 1970s as well as 1980s close-by Nigg was recognized for the building of these rigs. The lawn made use of for this is currently trying to re-establish itself as a maker of huge overseas wind generators as well as oil rig refurbishment because being acquired by Global Energy Group. For a number of years Invergordon was the website of an aluminium smelter until 1981 when British Aluminium closed it down. The pipeline that covered the conveyor belt from the smelter to the BA pier was not taken apart till the early 2000s and the two huge tanks still stand today as well as a water tower. It still has a grain whisky distillery, run by Philippines-owned whisky titan Whyte as well as Mackay, the outcome of which adds to lots of mixed whiskies. Attached to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Currently the port is seen by lots of huge cruise liners each year, as the deep water port allows disembarkation for train trips in the north Highlands. Given that the 1970s some would certainly perceive the community as a 'Glasgow swarm', since numerous employees were hired from southerly Scotland to work in the oil rig manufacture and also aluminium smelting markets. Therefore, the homeowners' accents usually show more impact from Glasgow, than the surrounding Easter Ross language of Highland English although this has altered recently. In recent years Global Energy Group have actually been increasing, with the acquisition of the Nigg fabrication backyard it has actually additionally brought much appreciated job to Invergordon's Docks with the town once more filled with oil firm workers through the day.