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20100317
LIGHThouseBULB
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İskoçya,
Lossiemouth,
Scotland,
Semi-detached
A surrealist take on a lighthouse in Lossiemouth, Scotland.
20090810
Scurdie Ness for Rebecca
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1870,
Montrose,
Scotland,
Scurdie Ness,
spicejam,
Thomas Stevenson
1870 (David and Thomas Stevenson). 19 m (62 ft) brick tower with lantern and gallery
20090330
Bute buoys
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Kyles of Bute,
Na Caoil Bhòdach,
Scotland,
Sea Pigeon
A couple of friendly locals swam out to a buoy in the Kyles of Bute to wave to the passengers on the paddle steamer Waverley.
Spirit of Fairbridge
Labels:
Ard Ghobhar,
Ardgour,
Corran Narrows,
dunard54,
Highland,
Lochaber,
Nether Lochaber,
Scotland
Training vessel Spirit of Fairbridge in Loch Linnhe, heading through the Corran Narrows between Nether Lochaber and Ardgour with the ebb tide.
Lismore Lighthouse Jan 09
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1883,
dunard54,
Eilean Musdile,
Inner Hebrides,
İskoçya,
Lismore,
Mansedale,
Scotland
Lismore Lighthouse from the MV 'Isle of Mull' during January 2009
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS) 56° 27.4’N 05° 36.4’W
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS) 56° 27.4’N 05° 36.4’W
©Shawna Scherbarth 2001-05. All rights reserved.
Eilean Musdile is a ten-acre islet at the extreme Southern tip of Lismore island in The Firth of Lorne. The UK OS grid reference is NM 778351.
It is owned by The Commissioners for Northern Lights who purchased it in 1830 for £500
In 1833 James Smith built the facility for £4260, using a design by Robert Stevenson. The first Principal Lightkeeper, Robert Selkirk, was a descendant of Alexander Selkirk, Defoe's model for Robinson Crusoe.
After 1910, Musdile and Fidra were the sole remaining catoptric Northern lights.
Musdile was automated in June 1965.
20090324
Tiumpan Head
Labels:
1879,
Charles Stevenson,
İskoçya,
Lewis,
Outer Hebrides,
Point,
Port Mholair,
Portvoller,
Scotland,
Tiompan,
Tiumpan
Tiumpan Head (Scottish Gaelic:Rudha Tiompan) lighthouse in the village of Portvoller in Point, Isle of Lewis, was long promoted as an idea but refused for a long period by the Board of Trade. It was approved in May 1879 after a recommendation by the Western Highlands and Islands Commission to additionally keep a watch on illegal trawlers.
The estimated cost of the lighthouse and building was £9000. It was designed by David and Charles Stevenson, and John Aitken was the contractor. William Frew was appointed as inspector of works. Chance Brothers made the optics and the revolving machine was made by Dove and Co. The light was first exhibited on 1 December 1900. There was a complement of six lightkeepers attached to the station, three lightkeepers and their families at the station and a local assistant and two occasional lightkeepers coming in from Portnaguran village nearby.
Queen Elizabeth II along with Prince Charles and Princess Anne visited the lighthouse in 1956 when the seven year old heir to the throne sounded the first blast on a new fog siren. The fog signal was operated by compressed air supplied from a compressor, which was driven by a Kelvin Diesel Engine. There were three Kelvin engines and compressors, and when the fog signal was in operation, two of them were in service to maintain the required air pressure with one standby, in rotation.
The lighthouse was automated in 1985.
from en.wikipedia.org
Lighthouse at night at the coast at Neist Point, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Labels:
Scotland,
Skye,
UK,
Wilfried Krecichwost
| 42-15271044| Value RM| Wilfried Krecichwost/zefa/Corbis |
| Lighthouse at night at the coast at Neist Point, Isle of Skye, Scotland |
| Image: | © Wilfried Krecichwost/zefa/Corbis | |
| Collection: | zefa Value Value RM | |
| Photographer: | Wilfried Krecichwost | |
| Location Information: | Skye, Scotland, UK |
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20090116
20090107
Skerryvore Lighthouse
Labels:
Scotland,
Skerryvore
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1844 Alan Stevenson, son of Robert completes the Skerryvore lighthouse twenty-five miles off the coast of Mull. It is considered a feat of engineering genius with a tower 48 metres high.Robert's son, Alan, also became a famous engineer by designing a lighthouse, which is probably one of the wonders of Victorian engineering. On the west coast he constructed a light tower on a reef that was 48 metres high. He calculated that if the weight of the stone was enough, there was no requirement for dovetailing the stones. The lighthouse was constructed of over 4000 tons of stone and relied on weight alone to keep it in position. Needless to say the light is still there guiding mariners away from the reef. |
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20070903
port ellen lighthouse, islay
Labels:
Glamgirl,
Islay,
İngiltere,
Port Ellen Carraig Fhada,
Scotland
port ellen lighthouse, islay
Originally uploaded by Glamgirl.
Port Ellen lighthouse (Carraig Fhada), IslayOriginally uploaded by Glamgirl.
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