William (Willie) Logan

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Willie (William) Logan (1913 - 1966) was a Scottish construction engineer who contributed to many important infrastructure projects in Scotland during the 1950s and 1960s, primarily road networks and Hydroelectric schemes. Although his family background (the business was started by his father, Duncan Logan) was based in Muir of Ord, he was educated at Dingwall Academy, and lived, in Dingwall, in a house built to his own designs called Parklea, which was also the name of his wife Helen Ross’s previous family home in Dingwall town centre.

To facilitate easier travel to projects throughout the country, in 1962 he created his own air taxi, which later became Loganair. He was killed whilst piloting his own aircraft on the landing approach to Inverness Airport, crashing into Dunain Hill, Inverness during fog conditions. He is buried in Fodderty Cemetary, near Strathpeffer - the gravestone is in the shape of a section of the Tay Road Bridge.

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Orrin Reservoir Tay Road Bridge

[edit] Parklea House

A highly advanced house for its time, especially for the North of Scotland, Parklea was built during the early 1950s and was full of luxurious touches, including an automatic garage door opening system - Willie’s Chauffeur would drop off the Logans at the north-facing front door, then swing down the steep curved driveway, rolling over a thick rubber actuating strip that would then send a signal to electrically open the double garage doors. The house interior has a partition system so that the day room and the dining room could become one room, for entertaining large parties.

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