Invergordon
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross as well as Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It depends on the parish of Rosskeen. The community is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Much more lately it has actually likewise ended up being recognized for the repair service of oil rigs which align in the Cromarty Firth on which the community is situated. In the 1970s and 1980s close-by Nigg was known for the building of these rigs. The yard used for this is now attempting to re-establish itself as a producer of huge offshore wind generators and oil rig repair considering that being bought by Global Energy Group. For a variety of years Invergordon was the site of an aluminium smelter till 1981 when British Aluminium shut it down. The pipeline that covered the conveyor belt from the smelter to the Bachelor's Degree pier was not taken apart up until the early 2000s and also the two big storage tanks still stand today as well as a water tower. It still has a grain whisky distillery, operated by Philippines-owned whisky titan Whyte and also Mackay, the outcome of which adds to lots of mixed whiskies. Connected to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Today the port is checked out by numerous huge cruise liners every year, as the deep water port allows disembarkation for train excursions in the northern Highlands. Since the 1970s some would perceive the community as a 'Glasgow colony', considering that numerous employees were recruited from southern Scotland to operate in the oil well construction and also aluminium smelting industries. Therefore, the citizens' accents often reveal more influence from Glasgow, than the bordering Easter Ross dialect of Highland English although this has actually transformed over the last few years. In recent years Global Energy Group have been broadening, with the purchase of the Nigg manufacture yard it has actually additionally brought much valued work to Invergordon's Docks with the community once again packed with oil company workers with the day.
