The Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, founded as Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminium Company, and Cowles Syndicate Company, Limited, was formed in the United States and England during the mid
British Aluminium was an aluminium production company. It was originally formed as the British Aluminium Company Ltd on 7 May 1894 and was subsequently known as British Alcan Aluminium plc.
The Laggan Dam was constructed in 1934 to provide hydro-electric power for refining aluminium