Ullapool, Ross & Cromerty Shore Street boats postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Shore Street, Ullapool - shows boats
• Publisher:  Whiteholme of Dundee
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1st class Machin definitive
• Postmark(s):  very faint -2004
• Sent to:  Burnham on Sea, Somerset
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Ullapool pronounced /'?l?pu?l/ (Ullapul or Ulapul in Gaelic, "u" pronounced as in "hut") is a small town of around 1,300 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest settlement for many miles around, and is a major tourist destination of Scotland. The North Atlantic Drift passes by Ullapool, bringing moderate temperatures. A few small palm trees are grown in the town.

On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society.^[2] It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the town, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides.

Many of the pivotal discoveries of the Victorian era that contributed to the development of the concept of plate tectonics were made in this area, and there are still regular international geological conferences.

The UK parliament granted permission in the 1890s for a railway from Ullapool to the main Highland network at Garve, but insufficient funds resulted in the scheme being abandoned.