Further details are available of the great water-power scheme of the British Aluminium Ca. in the West Highlands, for which a con-teaer of 1,750,000 hax already been placed. It' is intended to harness and develop the watersheds of Ben 'Nevis and the surrounding mountainous country, and will cover in ite entirety an' area of 303 square miles. This work will involve the driving of a tunnel 16 feet in diameter under Ben Nevis, and will extend from Loch Treig on the one side to Fort-William on the other extreme. The tunnel will carry the waters of Lochs Treig and Taggan to a powerhouse to be erected at Fort-Williamn, generating 200,000 horse-power. The promoters estimate that when the scheme is completed Fort-William alone will increase by 6,000 in population. Whey claim that when the second part of the scheme is started it should wipe out unemployment in the entire Northern Highlands.
Highlands will be completely pened up. This is only the first of several gigantic schemes for the utilization of Seotland's water power ard these are bound to promote Cnployment all over the Highlands. It is.further claimed that the laying down of these liege industrial Flants will have no bad effect on the Highlands as a holiday resort.
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