GREAT UNDERTAKING
DEVELOPMENTS IN SCOTLAND. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 11. A funnel fifteen miles long, which has been driven through the BefT'Nevfs range, near Fort William, Scotland, is nearing completion, and on Saturday the last shot was tired. The main purpose of this long underground waterway', of which about dacha] f lias still to be lined with concrete, is the manufacture of aluminium, and when the factory is in operation employment will, it is anticipated, he afforded to several thousand workmen. The undertaking is a gigantic one, and will involve a cost of several million pounds. In addition to the tunnel there are twelve shafts, intake dams, conduits, pipe lines, power house, factory and tail race, as well as twentythree miles of access railways. The works are designed for a total development of 120,000 horsepower. The tunnel is believed to he toe largest of its kind in the world. In preparation for tho industrial velopme.it likely to follow, the British Aluminium Company is erecting a new town near the base of Ben Nevis, located on the historic battlefield of lnverlochy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1929, Page 5
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