Invergordon is a community and also port in Easter Ross, in Ross and also Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It hinges on the parish of Rosskeen. The community is popular for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. More just recently it has actually additionally become understood for the fixing of oil rigs which line up in the Cromarty Firth on which the community is situated. In the 1970s and also 1980s close-by Nigg was recognized for the building of these gears. The yard used for this is now attempting to re-establish itself as a maker of huge overseas wind turbines and also oil well refurbishment because 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 dismantled till the very early 2000s and also the two large tanks still stand today in addition to a water tower. It still has a grain whisky distillery, operated by Philippines-owned whisky titan Whyte as well as Mackay, the outcome of which adds to lots of blended whiskies. Attached to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Presently the port is checked out by several huge cruise liners each year, as the deep water port allows disembarkation for train trips in the northern Highlands. Because the 1970s some would view the community as a 'Glasgow nest', because many workers were recruited from southerly Scotland to operate in the oil rig fabrication and also aluminium smelting sectors. Consequently, the homeowners' accents typically show much more influence from Glasgow, than the surrounding Easter Ross language of Highland English although this has changed over the last few years. In the last few years Global Energy Group have been expanding, with the acquisition of the Nigg manufacture lawn it has actually additionally brought much valued job to Invergordon's Docks with the community once more filled with oil business workers with the day.