Invergordon
Invergordon is a town and also port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It depends on the parish of Rosskeen. The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Extra just recently it has actually likewise become understood for the repair work of oil rigs which line up in the Cromarty Firth on which the community is positioned. In the 1970s and 1980s neighboring Nigg was recognized for the building of these gears. The yard used for this is now trying to re-establish itself as a fabricator of huge offshore wind turbines and oil well refurbishment given that being purchased by Global Energy Group. For a number of years Invergordon was the website 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 till the very early 2000s as well as the two large tanks still stand today as well as a water tower. It still has a grain whisky distillery, operated by Philippines-owned whisky giant Whyte and also Mackay, the output of which adds to numerous mixed whiskies. Attached to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Presently the port is gone to by numerous large cruise liners annually, as the deep water port allows disembarkation for train excursions in the north Highlands. Given that the 1970s some would perceive the community as a 'Glasgow swarm', since several employees were hired from southerly Scotland to operate in the oil rig construction as well as aluminium smelting sectors. Because of this, the locals' accents typically show much more influence from Glasgow, than the surrounding Easter Ross dialect of Highland English although this has actually altered in recent years. Recently Global Energy Group have actually been expanding, with the acquisition of the Nigg manufacture backyard it has likewise brought much valued work to Invergordon's Docks with the town once again packed with oil business workers with the day.
