The Project Gutenberg eBook of An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House, by Robert Stevenson

Key:
A Course.
B Granite in Pieces.
C Sandstone in Pieces.
D Granite in cubic feet.
E Sandstone in cubic feet.
F Tons of Sandstone and Granite.
G Sandstone Joggles.
H Oak Trenails.
I Oak Wedges in pairs.
J Pozzolano in Barrels.
K Lime in Barrels.
L Sand in Barrels.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
Over,	599	1524	6932	16035	1678.590	338	4065	6329	207.1	303.8	165.4
43		16		140	10.000				1.1	1.6	1.4
44		16		139	9.929				1.2	1.8	1.6
45		16		135	9.643				1.1	1.7	1.4
46		16		132	9.429				1.1	1.6	1.4
47		18		261	18.643	16		64	2.0	3.0	1.5
48		16		118	8.429				1.0	1.5	0.8
49		16		115	8.214				1.0	1.5	0.8
50		14		114	8.143				1.0	1.5	0.8
51		14		123	8.786				0.9	1.4	0.7
52		16		122	8.714				0.9	1.4	0.7
53		16		115	8.214				1.0	1.5	0.8
54		16		113	8.072				1.0	1.5	0.8
55		16		102	7.286				0.9	1.4	0.7
56		18		258	18.428	16		64	2.0	3.1	1.5
57		16		97	6.929				0.9	1.4	0.7
58		16		104	7.429				0.9	1.4	0.7
59		14		96	6.857				0.9	1.4	0.7
60		14		102	7.286				0.7	1.1	0.5
61		16		100	7.143				0.8	1.2	0.6
62		16		97	6.929				0.8	1.3	0.6
63		16		90	6.429				0.7	1.1	0.5
64		16		86	6.143				2.0	3.1	1.5
65		18		228	16.288	16		64	0.6	0.9	0.4
66		16		83	5.929				0.7	1.0	0.5
67		16		82	5.859				0.6	0.9	0.4
68		16		88	6.286				0.4	0.7	0.3
69		12		76	5.429				0.6	0.9	0.4
70		16		74	5.286				0.6	0.9	0.4
71		16		95	6.786				1.0	1.5	0.8
72		16		77	5.500				2.0	3.1	1.5
73		16		75	5.357				2.5	3.7	2.0
74		18		225	16.071	16		64	2.0	3.1	1.5
75		16		73	5.216				0.6	0.8	0.4
76		16		73	5.216				0.7	1.1	0.5
77		16		82	5.859				0.6	0.7	0.4
78		12		62	4.429				0.5	0.7	0.4
79		12		62	4.429				0.6	0.9	0.4
80		12		75	5.357				0.6	0.9	0.4
81		16		70	5.000				1.0	1.5	0.8
82		16		181	12.929				1.0	1.5	0.8
83		16		190	13.571	16			2.0	3.1	1.5
84		16		257	18.357	16			2.0	3.1	1.5
85		16		298	21.286	16			2.5	3.7	2.0
86		8		62	4.429				0.4	0.7	0.3
87		8		60	4.286				0.4	0.6	0.3
88		8		56	4.000				0.3	0.6	0.2
89		8		52	3.716				0.3	0.5	0.2
90		8		48	3.429				0.2	0.5	0.1
Total 90	599	2236	6932	21598	2075.945	450	4065	6585	255.0	377.9	204.5

Course.	Granite Beds and Joints in superficial feet.	Sandstone Beds and Joints in sup. feet.	Granite face-work in superficial feet.	Sandstone face-work.	Sandstone polish-work.	Granite boring in lineal feet.	Sandstone boring in lineal feet.	Granite wedge grooves in lin. feet.	Sandstone wedge grooves in lin. feet.	Granite Lewis holes.	Sandstone Lewis holes.
1		500									18
2	1165	3354	132			156	264	208	170	52	71
3	2472	3141	275			208	325	260	421	52	84
4	1832	2980	265			208	325	300	300	52	71
5	1735	2406	220			208	251	300	204	52	54
6	1120	2788	196			104	316	156	349	26	71
7	679	2100	159			69	267	138	185	26	58
8	613	1858	110			78	184	104	164	26	45
9	750	1359	113			82	166	113	125	26	45
10	626	1887	111			87	173	112	145	26	45
11	898	1216	114			91	181	130	156	26	45
12	519	1394	90			51	125	69	120	16	37
13	522	1157	87			51	125	69	120	16	37
14	443	1148	86			51	125	69	120	16	37
15	539	997	84			51	125	69	120	16	37
16	448	1123	82			51	125	69	120	16	37
17	484	1093	80			51	125	69	120	16	37
18	430	1036	79			51	125	69	120	16	37
19	467	1023	84			56	134	74	129	16	37
20	484	952	89			56	110	80	114	16	29
21	513	872	87			56	110	80	114	16	29
22	319	981	82			53	113	76	118	16	29
23	464	829	78			53	113	76	118	16	29
24	361	926	88			59	107	83	111	16	29
25	388	802	77			56	110	80	114	16	29
26	370	818	76			56	110	80	114	6	39
27		1017		70	36		130		78		38
28		943		62	31		99		58		33
29		956		61	31		81		61		26
30		785		61	30		78		54		26
31		754		60	30		75		68		25
32		762		70	35		87		80		26
33		868		73	47		98		97		28
34		908		68	23		100		93		30
35		1022		68	23		106		93		32
36		854		64	21		106		86		32
37		782		71	25		112		100		32
38		502		70	111		24
39		421		56	37		16
40		417		56	37		16
41		391		55	37		14
42		372		60	44		14
Over,	18641	50494	2944	1025	598	2093	5306	2933	4859	594	1528

Key:
A Course.
B Granite Beds and Joints in superficial feet.
C Sandstone Beds and Joints in sup. feet.
D Granite face-work in superficial feet.
E Sandstone face-work.
F Sandstone polish-work.
G Granite boring in lineal feet.
H Sandstone boring in lineal feet.
I Granite wedge grooves in lin. feet.
J Sandstone wedge grooves in lin. feet.
K Granite Lewis holes.
L Sandstone Lewis holes.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1		500									18
2	1165	3354	132			156	264	208	170	52	71
3	2472	3141	275			208	325	260	421	52	84
4	1832	2980	265			208	325	300	300	52	71
5	1735	2406	220			208	251	300	204	52	54
6	1120	2788	196			104	316	156	349	26	71
7	679	2100	159			69	267	138	185	26	58
8	613	1858	110			78	184	104	164	26	45
9	750	1359	113			82	166	113	125	26	45
10	626	1887	111			87	173	112	145	26	45
11	898	1216	114			91	181	130	156	26	45
12	519	1394	90			51	125	69	120	16	37
13	522	1157	87			51	125	69	120	16	37
14	443	1148	86			51	125	69	120	16	37
15	539	997	84			51	125	69	120	16	37
16	448	1123	82			51	125	69	120	16	37
17	484	1093	80			51	125	69	120	16	37
18	430	1036	79			51	125	69	120	16	37
19	467	1023	84			56	134	74	129	16	37
20	484	952	89			56	110	80	114	16	29
21	513	872	87			56	110	80	114	16	29
22	319	981	82			53	113	76	118	16	29
23	464	829	78			53	113	76	118	16	29
24	361	926	88			59	107	83	111	16	29
25	388	802	77			56	110	80	114	16	29
26	370	818	76			56	110	80	114	6	39
27		1017		70	36		130		78		38
28		943		62	31		99		58		33
29		956		61	31		81		61		26
30		785		61	30		78		54		26
31		754		60	30		75		68		25
32		762		70	35		87		80		26
33		868		73	47		98		97		28
34		908		68	23		100		93		30
35		1022		68	23		106		93		32
36		854		64	21		106		86		32
37		782		71	25		112		100		32
38		502		70	111		24
39		421		56	37		16
40		417		56	37		16
41		391		55	37		14
42		372		60	44		14
Over,	18641	50494	2944	1025	598	2093	5306	2933	4859	594	1528

Course.	Granite Beds and Joints in superficial feet.	Sandstone Beds and Joints in sup. feet.	Granite face-work in superficial feet.	Sandstone face-work.	Sandstone polish-work.	Granite boring in lineal feet.	Sandstone boring in lineal feet.	Granite wedge grooves in lin. feet.	Sandstone wedge grooves in lin. feet.	Granite Lewis holes.	Sandstone Lewis holes.
Over,	18641	50494	2944	1025	598	2093	5306	2933	4859	594	1528
43		383		60	44						16
44		409		59	40						16
45		395		59	40						16
46		388		58	40						16
47		685		67	231				80		18
48		361		54	38						16
49		352		54	38						16
50		335		54	52						14
51		322		64	44						14
52		315		64	44						16
53		335		58	49						16
54		339		58	41						16
55		318		54	38						16
56		672		65	231				80		18
57		320		51	38						16
58		318		51	38						16
59		301		51	48						14
60		250		60	41						14
61		273		60	41						16
62		298		55	49						16
63		294		51	41						16
64		294		51	41						16
65		645		55	231				80		18
66		277		49	38						16
67		274		49	38						16
68		250		53	57						16
69		192		43	61						12
70		198		43	61						16
71		282		57	44						16
72		259		49	38						16
73		254		49	38						16
74		645		51	247				80		18
75		209		45	45						16
76		247		53	41						16
77		226		57	52						16
78		165		54	61						12
79		221		54	61						12
80		225		52	49						12
81		368			49	38					16
82		679			115						16
83		846			160						16
84		671			148						16
85		165			399						16
86		157			92						8
87		147			91						8
88		138			90						8
89		129			89						8
90		120			88						8
Total 90	18641	66440	2944	3145	4377	2093	5306	2933	5179	594	2240

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
Over,	18641	50494	2944	1025	598	2093	5306	2933	4859	594	1528
43		383		60	44						16
44		409		59	40						16
45		395		59	40						16
46		388		58	40						16
47		685		67	231				80		18
48		361		54	38						16
49		352		54	38						16
50		335		54	52						14
51		322		64	44						14
52		315		64	44						16
53		335		58	49						16
54		339		58	41						16
55		318		54	38						16
56		672		65	231				80		18
57		320		51	38						16
58		318		51	38						16
59		301		51	48						14
60		250		60	41						14
61		273		60	41						16
62		298		55	49						16
63		294		51	41						16
64		294		51	41						16
65		645		55	231				80		18
66		277		49	38						16
67		274		49	38						16
68		250		53	57						16
69		192		43	61						12
70		198		43	61						16
71		282		57	44						16
72		259		49	38						16
73		254		49	38						16
74		645		51	247				80		18
75		209		45	45						16
76		247		53	41						16
77		226		57	52						16
78		165		54	61						12
79		221		54	61						12
80		225		52	49						12
81		368			49	38					16
82		679			115						16
83		846			160						16
84		671			148						16
85		165			399						16
86		157			92						8
87		147			91						8
88		138			90						8
89		129			89						8
90		120			88						8
Total 90	18641	66440	2944	3145	4377	2093	5306	2933	5179	594	2240

No. VII.

Wages and Premiums.

Wages of artificers while off at the Bell Rock, and in the work-yards at Arbroath and Edinburgh, where the stones were cut and prepared in regular courses,	L. 11,980 15 8
Premiums to artificers for Sundays’ work and extra hours upon the Rock, and in the Work-yard at Arbroath,	998 14 9
Premiums to seamen, including Sundays’ work at the Bell Rock,	473 5 6
Note.—Masons and smiths were paid at the rate of 3s. 4d.,—mill-wrights 3s. 6d.,—joiners 3s., and labourers at from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 8d. per day; besides lodgings ashore, and victuals while afloat.—The premiums paid to artificers were at the rate of 6d. per hour for extra time; eight hours constituting a day’s work at the Rock.—The seamen were paid at the same rate on Sundays as on week days.
Amount for wages and premiums to artificers, and including premiums to seamen,		L. 13,452 15 11

Building Materials.

35,952 cubic feet of Sandstone from Mylnefield quarry, dressed to the quarry-moulds, and put on ship-board,	L. 3,412 18 5
Extra dressing in reducing the courses to regular thicknesses at Mylnfield,	667 2 8
1700 cubic feet of sandstone from Craigleith Quarry for the cornice and parapet wall of the Light-room,	200 0 10
13,964 cubic feet of granite from Rubieslaw and other quarries at Aberdeen, and from Cairngall near Peterhead,	1,979 1 4
Extra dressing in reducing the granite stones to the quarry-moulds, and to regular thicknesses, to suit the respective courses, including cartage and charges of shipping,	1,291 7 2½
40 Tons of Pozzolano-earth in casks,	398 3 4
60 Tons of Aberthaw-limestone, including freight from South Wales,	78 14 2
100 Bushels Parker’s or Roman cement, including casks and shipping charges,	43 12 0
6 Tons of Tarras, including casks and shipping charges,	52 19 10
Casks for carrying lime and sand from the workyard to the Bell Rock,	38 3 3
4824 oaken trenails, from 21 to 24 inches and 6195 oaken wedges, from 12 to 18 inches in length,	216 1 6
Note.—The quarry price of Sandstone varied from 1s. to 2s. 9d., and Granite from 1s. 3d. to 5s. per cubic foot. Pozzolano from L. 6 to L. 14 per ton. Tarras from L. 6, 10s. to L. 11 per ton. Limestone was 1s. per ton. Cement varied from 5s. to 6s. 6d. per bushel; oaken trenails from L. 1 to L. 5 per hundred, and wedges were L. 1: 6: 6 per hundred.
Amount for Building Materials,		8,378 4 1½

Implements and Machinery for the Works, including Beacon-house, Cast-iron Railways, &c. &c. (See Plates VIII., IX., X., XIV., XVII., and XVIII.)

4662 cubic feet of Memel and Swedish timber, and 480 Petersburgh deals for the use of the Beacon-house, cast-iron Railways and wharfs upon the Bell Rock, and for making moulds for the stone-cutters,	L. 1,436 19 7
69 tons 9 cwt. of cast-iron for Railways,	812 15 11
25,893 lb. malleable iron in stanchions, bats, knees, stays, bracing-chains, screw and spear bolts, including other apparatus for the use of the Beacon-house and Railways,	1,244 3 7
19 Tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. 3 lb. cast-iron, 14,002 lb. malleable iron, and 505 lb. of brass for cranes, winch-machines, and other apparatus,	1,191 14 7½
Cordage for cranes, &c.	409 1 0
Two large Sling or Woolwich-carts, for conveying large blocks of stone, fitted up with wheel and pinion-work for slinging or lifting the stones off the ground,	150 3 6
15,446 lb. quarry and stone-cutters’ tools; 11,934 lb. malleable iron, and 771 lb. steel, used in the work-yard; exclusively of tools, nails, and other furnishings connected with joiners’ and smiths’ shops; but including stone-jacks and common carts used in work-yard, &c. &c.,	1,567 10 1½
Note.—The price of fir-timber varied from 3s. to 5s. 6d. per cubic foot; cast-iron from L. 10, 10s. to L. 23:6:8 per ton; chains and axles, &c. 6½d. to 1s. per lb.; quarry and stone-cutters tools from 6d. to 10d. per lb.; Swedish and British bar-iron from L. 21 to L. 29 per ton. Steel was 7d. per lb., and brass 1s. 10d. per lb.
Amount for Machinery, &c.		6,812 8 4

Shipping.

Price of the hull of a Prussian fishing-dogger,	L. 250 0 2
Carpenter-work, altering and fitting up the dogger as the Pharos Floating-light,	1,397 12 8
Two sets of chains, with mushroom anchors, spare shackles and swivels, &c., for mooring her off the Bell Rock, the whole weighing about 13,083 lb. of malleable, and 3200 lb. of cast-iron,	462 9 4
Outfit in hempen cables, sails and rigging, including 11 tons cast-iron, ballast, ship-hearth, cabin-stoves, alarm-bell, &c.,	1,664 2 3
Three large copper lanterns, glazed with plate glass, (so constructed, that the ship’s masts passed through them), fitted with brass chandeliers for 60 agitable-lamps, each having a small silvered-copper reflector,	397 1 2½
Freight of a vessel, and expence of laying down the moorings for the Floating-light,	81 5 6
Wear and tear of the Floating-light riding off the Bell Rock, from July 1807 till February 1811,	1,059 11 5½
Advertising the mooring and exhibition of the Floating-light, generally, in the Newspapers of the United Kingdom,	227 18 9
Victualling the crew of the Floating-light, including occasional subsisting money and board-wages while ashore,	1,149 18 7
Pay of the master, mate, principal and assistant light-keepers, and seven seamen, from 1807 to March 1811,	1,632 12 8
		8,322 12 5
First Cost and Outfit of the Sir Joseph Banks Tender of 84 tons register, the Sloop Smeaton of 42 tons, the Sloop Patriot of 46 tons, and of four Stone Lighters of about 15 tons each, including wear and tear during the progress of the works,	L. 5,436 9 7½
Bedding for seamen and artificers during the progress of the works,	349 7 2
Victualling seamen and artificers afloat, including occasional subsisting money for seamen while ashore,	2,930 12 7½
Pay of the masters, mates, and seamen of the respective vessels,	2,434 2 2
Freight of hired vessels bringing stone from Mylnefield, Aberdeen, and Peterhead quarries, and timber and cast-iron from Leith and other ports to Arbroath,	930 17 11
Port charges and sailing disbursements of the several vessels,	358 8 4½
Insurance of Shipping, effected only for a limited period,	647 12 6
14 Mushroom Anchors, weighing 13 tons 7 cwts. 0 qrs. 10 lb. of cast-iron,	235 15 8
28,456 lb. malleable iron, in mooring-chains, shanks of mushroom-anchors, spare swivels and shackles,	891 11 2
16 Large mooring buoys of coopers’ work, and one of carpenters’ work,	456 19 2
Note.—Pay of the masters of the respective vessels in the service was from L. 5 to L. 6, 6s., mates from L. 4 to L. 5, 5s., principal light-keeper L. 5, 5s., assistant light-keeper L. 3, 15s., seamen from L. 2, 10s. to L. 3, 15s. per month. Officers’ occasional subsisting money 2s., and seamens’ 1s. 8d. per day.
The price of the hulls of the vessels were from L. 9, 15s. to L. 10 per ton, and cordage from L. 77 to L. 130 per ton; cordage subject to a discount of 7½ per cent.; other articles generally to 5 per cent.
Amount for shipping,		14,671 16 4½

Light-room, &c. (See Plates XVI. and XX.)

Lantern or Light-room with tinned copper roof, 8 cast-iron sashes, 8 feet in height, glazed with 48 squares of plate-glass, measuring 13½ by 26¾ inches. Malleable iron stays, copper rings, flag-staff, and signal-ball, &c.	L. 1,135 1 11
24 Reflectors raised to the parabolic-curve, made from copper plated, in the proportion of 6 oz. of silver to each lb. of copper; arranged upon a malleable iron chandelier, furnished with brass fountains, and argand burners, including a train of Revolving-machinery, and two alarm-bells, set upon tripods on the balcony, &c.	1,287 17 2
Balcony-railing of cast-iron, with brass supports and top-rail; and a conductor or thunder-rod extending, from the Light-room to the Rock, 216 0 3
Amount of Light-room, &c.		2,638 19 4

Ulterior Works, &c. (See Plate XII.)

Finishing and Completing the interior of the Light-house, with wainscot partitions,—doors,—trap-ladders,—furniture of oaken-timber for the several apartments,—kitchen range with cast-iron chimney,—tinned-copper oil cisterns—brass and copper bolts and hinges for doors,—window-shutters,—brasslocks,—brass hand-rails for inside stairs,—water-cisterns, and coal magazines, &c.	L. 1,489 16 6
Erecting permanent Railways upon the Bell Rock, improving the wharfs or landing places, and removing the Beacon-house,	1,338 16 6
Houses erected for the families of the light-keepers and seamen of the Tender, signal-tower, store-houses, and sea-wall, at Arbroath,	4,500 8 3
The price of about 1½ acre of ground for a garden, trenching, and enclosing it for the use of the light-keepers, and seamen, and their families,	1,158 18 10
The price of a pew of 14 sittings in the parish-church of Arbroath, for the use of the Light-keepers and their families,	52 10 0
Note.—Wainscot 7s. 6d. per foot, brass 1s. 8d. to 2s. per lb.
Amount for Ulterior Works,		8,540 10 1

Incidents.

Expence of Act of Parliament,	L. 548 8 0
Travelling charges connected with the work,	312 14 7
Incidental charges for stamps and postages, including letters for artificers afloat, salary for Engineer’s clerk, &c.	882 5 1
Advertising the exhibition of the Light upon the Bell Rock, and the discontinuance of the Floating-light, on the 1st of February 1811,	219 10 3
The cost-price of the artificers barracks, platform of aisler-masonry for fitting the courses before shipping them to the Rock,—engineer’s office,—smith and joiner’s shops,—store-house and stable, estimated at	1,255 5 6
Rent of the work-yard, and compensation to the landlord for taking it off the hands of the Commissioners before the expiry of the lease,	174 19 6
Price, hire, and keep of work-horses,	593 5 11½
481 tons coals, used in the artificers’ barracks, smith’s-shop, lime-kiln in the work-yard, and at the beacon-house, &c.	347 4 2
Shore-dues upon materials for the Light-house, and other articles during the progress of the works,	270 9 6
57½ dozen of flambeaux, for night-work at the Bell Rock,	32 9 6
Stationery and books for Engineer’s office, and shipping,	134 10 8½
One five feet Achromatic-telescope with brass-stand, steadying-rods, two eye-tubes, a mahogany-stand with night-glass for signal-room,	35 1 0
Pension, and Sick lists for wages of artificers and seamen when off work, medical attendance, &c.	925 12 2
Superintendence of engineers, and plans, including L. 300 to Captain Brodie,	4,858 13 5
Interest upon L. 25,000 of Government loan, up to March 1810,	3,446 11 5
Treasury fees for Exchequer bonds, &c.	235 10 4
Note.—Price of coal 13s. 4d. to 19s. per ton. Oats from 20s. to 23s. per boll. Hay from 10½d. to 1s. 3d. per stone of 22 lb.
Amount for Incidents		14,272 11 1
Amount of gross expenditure in erecting the Light-house, including Ulterior Works,		L. 77,089 17 8

Masonry,	2075.945
Lantern, and its Apparatus,	7.500
Total in Tons,	2083.445