Hey everyone,
I'm a post-graduate student at the University of Strathclyde studying Architecture and I've chose to do my thesis this year on producing biofuels and plastics from seaweed. I've picked Kintyre as the location for this project due to its heritage in manufacturing, fishing and in producing products from seaweed - which ended post World War II. Kintyre was wrongfully stripped of its industry after a government commission recommended the construction of factories at Girvan, Oban and Loch Melfort instead of investing in the expansion of the seaweed factory in Kintyre. This was proven to be the wrong decision when at the closure of the Bellochantuy factory it was producing more in a day than the largest of the new factories could produce in a week!
I was wondering if anyone had any information or was involved in the factory at Bellochantuy, the drying and cutting of the seaweed in Campbeltown, it being brought ashore at Muasdale etc?
If anyone wants to know anything more about the project feel free to ask and I'll gladly explain!
Cheers,
Scott
