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Custom House, Custom House Street. View of West end of building from South West.

B 812

Description Custom House, Custom House Street. View of West end of building from South West.

Date c. 1992

Catalogue Number B 812

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 401773

Scope and Content Custom House, Custom House Street, Shore Street, Ullapool, Highland Ullapool was refounded in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society who allocated plots and erected a pier, warehouses and an inn. Six years later, local herring stocks vanished and the town's economy collapsed. Its economy revived in the mid 19th century. The Custom House was a built in the 19th century as a base for the harbour and excise authorities. The arch-roofed shed (left) was built as a warehouse for storing goods. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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