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Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the harbour at Oban, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the West Coast of the Highlands. The modern town of Oban grew up around the whisky distillery, which was founded there in 1794. The town was raised to a burgh of barony in 1811 by royal charter. Sir Walter Scott visited the area in 1814, the year in which he published his poem The Lord of the Isles; interest in the poem brought many new visitors to the town. The town was made a Parliamentary Burgh in 1833. The arrival of the railway, Oban to Callander Railway, opened on 30th Jun 1880 brought further prosperity, revitalising local industry and giving new energy to tourism. During World War II, Oban was used by Merchant and Royal Navy ships and was an important base in the Battle of the Atlantic. Since the 1950s, the principal industry has remained tourism, though the town is also an important ferry port, acting as the hub for CalMac, Caledonian McBrayne, ferries to many of the islands of the Inner and Outer Hebrides