4368 x 2947 px | 37 x 25 cm | 14,6 x 9,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
31 maggio 2016
Ubicazione:
Portree, Isle of Skye
Altre informazioni:
n the year 1771 Sir James Macdonald, developed Portree as a fishing port. From 1826 Portree hosted weekly steamers from West Loch Tarbert via Tobermory, Isleornsay and Kyleakin, while from 1851 the weekly ship between Glasgow and Stornoway called here. In the 1820s Thomas Telford built roads across Skye linking Portree with Uig and Kyleakin. He also built Portree's pier. 1846 brought potato famine to Skye, and during the following fifty years clearance and emigration of a large part of the population, many through Portree, took place. Better times followed, and by 1894 there were daily steamer services to Strome Ferry, and other links to places as far afield as Ullapool, Oban, Lochinver and many ports in the Western Isles. Nowadays the centre of life in Portree is the harbour. It is in a natural setting, surrounded by high ground and cliffs. The peninsula to the south known as "The Lump", and once provided a spectacular setting for public hangings. The harbour continues to be used by fishing boats and is also home to pleasure craft and the lifeboat, which can be seen to the left of the picture.
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