Lochaber Aluminium Smelter Ground Frame
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Lochaber Aluminium Smelter Ground Frame (1929-)Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Description
This ground frame is north east of Fort William Junction on the route south to Glasgow. It provides access to the aluminium smelter, Lochaber Aluminium Works, by Fort William which is on the south side of the line. The sidings are entered from the west. A short dead end siding provides provides protection against runaway wagons for the line.
It was initially laid in to reach Base Camp, Balfour, Beatty & Co Ltd's depot for the construction of the smelter. On completion of the works in 1929 there were sidings for incoming alumina and outgoing aluminium slabs (which has ceased in recent years). Loaded alumina trains are reversed into the works, the receiving sidings are on the south side of the works.
Tags
Ground frame JunctionAliases
Fort William British Aluminium Ground Frame
| Nearby stations Fort William Banavie Banavie Pier Fort William [1st] Corpach Loch Eil Outward Bound Gairlochy Spean Bridge Locheilside Roy Bridge Ballachulish (Glencoe) Ballachulish Ferry Invergloy Platform Kentallen Glenfinnan | Lochaber Carbon Factory Tom-na-Faire Depot Inverlochy Footbridge Base Camp Fort William Junction Yard Lochaber Aluminium Works Lochy Viaduct [Fort William] Fort William Junction Fort William Lower Works Railway Bridge Bridge 53 Pipes D, E Lochaber Smelter Shed Bridge 52 Pipes A, B, C Tourist/other Tom na Faire Viewpoint Old Inverlochy Castle Inverlochy Farm Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
