Falls of Foyers
| Falls of Foyers | |
| Inverness-shire | |
|---|---|
 Falls of Foyers | |
| River: | River Foyers |
| Fall: | 203 feet |
| NH497203 | |
The Fall of Foyers are a waterfall on the River Foyers, which feeds Loch Ness, in Inverness-shire.
This is a famously beautiful waterfall, attracting visitors and poets.
The waterfall has a fine cascade, with a fall of 203 feet. It is on the lower portion of the River Foyers at NH497203. The river enters Loch Ness on the east side, northeast of Fort Augustus.
This waterfall influenced Robert Addams to write a paper in 1834 about the motion aftereffect.
The flow over the falls has been much reduced since 1895 when North British Aluminium Company built an aluminium smelting plant on the shore of Loch Ness which was powered by electricity generated by the river. The plant shut in 1967 and the site is now part of a Pumped-storage hydroelectricity system.
