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Foyers, Highland

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The village is divided into Upper Foyers and Lower Foyers. Upper Foyers was originally a traditional crofting township and Lower Foyers came later after the British Aluminium Company built houses for those inployed in the aluminium works. The two are separated by the two waterfalls known as the Falls
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Foyers was historically a strong Gaelic-speaking area, with 84.1% reporting as Gaelic-speaking in the 1881 census. However, only 4.9% of residents reported as Gaelic-speaking in the 2011 census.
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built their first hydro-powered aluminium smelter at Foyers in 1896 - the first in the UK - and it operated until 1967, powered by water captured in
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power station, with additional capacity of 300MW, was added, becoming fully operational in 1975.
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Since the late 19th century, water courses near Foyers have been harnessed to provide
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Foyers is also the name of the river which runs nearby into the Loch, which has two
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and redeveloped using a 5MW turbine. Subsequently, a new
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River Foyers
Scottish Gaelic

Foyers is located in Inverness area
Inverness
OS grid reference
NH496209
Council area
Highland
Lieutenancy area
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish Parliament
Highlands and Islands
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
UK
Scotland
57°15′14″N 4°29′41″W / 57.2539°N 4.4947°W / 57.2539; -4.4947
Scottish Gaelic
Highland council area

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