Portree used Portree's pier as a rest point. The town also began exporting fish at this time, which contributed greatly to the local economy. The town had the last manual telephone exchange in the UK, which closed in 1976. Portree shale is a geologic association in the vicinity of Portree, the existence of which is linked with potential petroleum occurrences of commercial importance. Portree Portree (; , ) is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the island, Portree High School. Public transport services are limited to
Old Town station (Staten Island Railway) Old Town station (Staten Island Railway) Old Town is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Old Town, Staten Island, New York. The station opened toward the beginning of 1937, likely during a grade crossing elimination project. The original name of the station was "Old Town Road;" the "Road" was dropped soon after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority assumed control of the Staten Island Railway from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1971 (the MTA concurrently shortened the name of the Huguenot Park station to simply "Huguenot"). The station is located on an embankment at Railroad Avenue on the