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Oban Distillery is a Whisky Distillery in the Scottish west coast port of Oban . It was built in 1794 by Hugh Stevenson and operated by him until 1866 when it was bought by Peter Curnstie. It was then acquired by Walter Higgin in 1883 and rebuilt. In 1898, Alexander Edward, who also owned Aultmore Distillery, bought out Higgin. In its first year of operation, it suffered major losses when a major blending company, Pattison's of Leith, went under. In 1923, Oban was sold to Dewars and joined Distillers Company Limited with that company in 1925. It fell silent from 1931 until 1937 and again from 1969 to 1972 when a new still house was built. In 1989 a new visitors' centre was installed. Since 1990 the whisky has been promoted as part of the Classic Malts Of Scotland range. The business is now part of Diageo . Oban distillery produces Oban Single Malt . |
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