Invergordon
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and also Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It depends on the parish of Rosskeen. The town is popular for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Much more recently it has also come to be recognized for the repair of oil rigs which align in the Cromarty Firth on which the community is positioned. In the 1970s and also 1980s neighboring Nigg was recognized for the building and construction of these rigs. The yard used for this is currently attempting to re-establish itself as a producer of huge offshore wind generators and also oil rig repair because being acquired by Global Energy Group. For a variety of years Invergordon was the website of an aluminium smelter up until 1981 when British Aluminium shut it down. The pipeline that covered the conveyor belt from the smelter to the BA pier was not taken down until the early 2000s and also the two big containers still stand today as well as a water tower. It still has a grain whisky distillery, run by Philippines-owned whisky giant Whyte and Mackay, the result of which contributes to many blended whiskies. Connected to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Today the port is gone to by numerous large cruise liners annually, as the deep water port enables disembarkation for instructor excursions in the north Highlands. Given that the 1970s some would certainly regard the community as a 'Glasgow nest', because many workers were hired from southern Scotland to operate in the oil well manufacture as well as aluminium smelting sectors. Because of this, the residents' accents typically reveal more influence from Glasgow, than the bordering Easter Ross dialect of Highland English although this has altered recently. Over the last few years Global Energy Group have actually been increasing, with the acquisition of the Nigg construction lawn it has additionally brought much appreciated work to Invergordon's Docks with the community once again loaded with oil company employees via the day.
