| 词条 | Foyers |
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|official_name= Foyers |gaelic_name= Foithir |scots_name= |country= Scotland |map_type=Inverness |population = 276 |population_ref = |static_image=River Foyers - geograph.org.uk - 170547.jpg |static_image_caption=River Foyers. Looking upstream on the river Foyers |static_image_width= |os_grid_reference= NH496209 |edinburgh_distance= |london_distance= |coordinates = {{coord|57.2539|-4.4947|display=inline,title}} |post_town= INVERNESS |postcode_area= |postcode_district= |dial_code= |constituency_westminster= Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |unitary_scotland= Highland |lieutenancy_scotland= Inverness |constituency_scottish_parliament= Highlands and Islands |constituency_scottish_parliament1= Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch |website= }} Foyers ({{lang-gd|Foithir}}, meaning "shelving slope")[1] is a village in the Highland of Scotland[2], lying on the east shore of Loch Ness. The village is situated on the B852, part of the Military Road built by General George Wade, {{convert|10|mi|km}} northeast of Fort Augustus. Foyers is also the name of the river which runs nearby into the Loch, which has two waterfalls, one of {{convert|27|m|ft}} and the other {{convert|9|m|ft}}, known as the Falls of Foyers. Since the late 19th century, water courses near Foyers have been harnessed to provide hydroelectricity. British Aluminium Company 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 Loch Mhòr. The power station element of the plant was then purchased by Scotland's Hydro Board and redeveloped as a pumped storage facility using a 5MW turbine. Subsequently, a new power station, with additional capacity of 300MW, was added, becoming fully operational in 1975.[3] Foyers is the location of Boleskine House, two miles east of the main town, which was the home of author and occultist Aleister Crowley. The house was once owned by guitarist and Crowley collector Jimmy Page. References1. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=50| title=Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database | publisher=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba | accessdate=24 March 2016}} {{Highland-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Foyers |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2112.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=19 June 2018}} 3. ^Foyers Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved: 13 November 2015. 2 : Populated places in Inverness committee area|Ness basin |
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