A group of pipe laying “navvies” in the mid 1890s carrying our work involved in the construction of the Foyers aluminim factory. The plant used water from the River Foyers to power the electricity generators – the country’s first ever industrial hydro-electric power. Water was diverted at the Intake from going over the Falls of Foyers and passed through a tunnel and pipework to drive the generators. The size of the pipe can be guaged by the depth of the trench and the men within it.
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