Scottish Lighthouse Pioneers

Author: Paul A. Lynn
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849952651
Category : Lighthouses
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is a personal story about some of the most famous engineers Scotland has ever produced and places the lives and work of the world-famous Stevenson lighthouse engineers in their social and historical context. It draws on eye witness accounts from Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Last Lighthouse

Author: Sharma Krauskopf
Publisher: Sharma Krauskopf
ISBN: 0946487960
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
This work depicts the nine year quest of an American couple (an agricultural advisor and a writer/webmaster) living on a farm in Michigan, USA, to own and live in a remote Scottish lighthouse keepers home. In the form of e-mails, the book gives an intimate view of the gleefully-reported successes, and the less happily reported tragedies along the way, and describes the joys and difficulties of running and living in such a home in a remote, but beautiful, part of the Shetlands.

Scottish Lighthouses

Author: Michael A. W. Strachan
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445658402
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
A fascinating pictorial history of Scottish lighthouses.

The Lighthouse Stevensons

Author: Bella Bathurst
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062094742
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Stevensons not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses under often desperate conditions but also perfected a design of precisely chiseled interlocking granite blocks that would withstand the enormous waves that batter these stone pillars. The same Stevensons also developed the lamps and lenses of the lights themselves, which "sent a gleam across the wave" and prevented countless ships from being lost at sea. While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that brought fame to the family name, this mesmerizing account shows how his extraordinary ancestors changed the shape of the Scotland coast against incredible odds and with remarkable technical ingenuity.

Archie's Lights

Author: Archie MacEachern
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849953993
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Scottish Lighthouses

Author: Sharma Krauskopf
Publisher: Sharma Krauskopf
ISBN: 0862818036
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 87

Book Description

For the Safety of All

Author: Donald S Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849173278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description

Northern Lights

Author: A. D. Morrison-Low
Publisher: National Museums of Scotland
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
In much of the Western world, wherever there are seacoasts, lighthouses exert a perennial fascination for people - in spite of the fact that modern technology has taken away the human element in operating them.

Kinnaird Head Lighthouse

Author: Michael A. W. Strachan
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445682524
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Michael Strachan tells the story of one of Scotland's great tourist attractions, with a wealth of previously unpublished images.

The Lighthouse on Skerryvore

Author: Paul A. Lynn
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849951401
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A comprehensive account and an inspiring engineering story of this iconic Scottish lighthouse. The Lighthouse on Skerryvorealso discusses the personal background and complex personality of the remarkable Victorian engineer, Alan Stevenson, who designed and built it."