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A visitor centre, "The Aluminium Story", tells the story of the creation of the village to serve the aluminium smelting facility. There is a hostel, microlodge facility and campsite close to the river. It has eight microlodges comprising a mixture of two and four berth accommodation. There are toilets, showers and dishwashing facilities.
The Kinlochleven hydroelectric scheme was built between 1905 and 1909 to supply power for an Aluminium smelter owned by British Aluminium.It was the second in Scotland after the 1896 Falls of Foyers scheme.
Road Crosses under Chin Swee Tunnel: Central Expressway (CTE) Orchard Road, Penang Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Oxley Flyover, River Valley Road, Singapore River, Merchant Road, Havelock Road, Chin Swee Road Fort Canning Tunnel: Fort Canning Link Canning Rise, Fort Canning Road Kampong Java Tunnel: Central Expressway (CTE) Bukit Timah Road ...
The scheme was originally built between 1924 and 1943 by the British Aluminium Company. This company was bought by Canadian-based Alcan in 1982 which was subsequently bought by Rio Tinto in 2008. Rio Tinto Alcan then sold the scheme to GFG Alliance in November 2016. [1] The hydroelectric scheme and aluminium smelter are still in operation.
The Laggan Dam was constructed in 1934 to provide hydro-electric power for refining aluminium. British Aluminium was an aluminium production company. It was originally formed as the British Aluminium Company Ltd on 7 May 1894 and was subsequently known as British Alcan Aluminium plc (1982-1996).
The Outer Ring Road System, or more commonly known as ORRS, is a network of major arterial roads in Singapore that forms a ring road through the towns along the city fringe. The ORRS is a semi-expressway, just like the West Coast Highway .
Under a bilateral agreement signed between Singapore and Malaysia in 2010, the railway land was returned to Singapore. [5] Since then, the railway land has largely been kept untouched and has only recently been actively redeveloped as a green corridor , with access points being gradually added throughout the 24-km stretch of land.
The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge industrial railway.It was a relatively long line, built for the construction and subsequent maintenance of a 15-mile-long (24-kilometre) tunnel from Loch Treig to a factory near Fort William in Scotland. [1]