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Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse

Chapter 1: ACCOUNT OF THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE, WITH NOTES ON THE ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES;
By Alan Stevenson
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The text presents a technical and narrative account of the planning, quarrying, and multi‑season construction of a remote offshore lighthouse, including topographic surveys, establishment of workyards and quarries, erection and loss of temporary barracks, and methods for laying foundations and dressing stone. It explains tower design principles and details operations, equipment, personnel arrangements, and weather‑related hazards encountered during successive seasons. A substantial technical section discusses advances in lighthouse illumination, especially the dioptric (Fresnel) system, and appendices supply tables, experimental notes, costings, charts, and keeper instructions.

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Title: Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse

with notes on the illumination of lighthouses

Author: Alan Stevenson

Release date: January 26, 2025 [eBook #75213]

Language: English

Original publication: Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1848

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SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.

ACCOUNT
OF THE
SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE,
WITH
NOTES ON THE ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES;

BY
ALAN STEVENSON, LL.B., F.R.S.E., M.I.C.E.,
ENGINEER TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD.

“ΥΠΕΡ · ΤΩΝ · ΠΛΩΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ”
Inscription on the Ancient Pharos of Alexandria.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH.
LONGMAN AND CO., LONDON.

MDCCCXLVIII.

PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH.