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Scottish Lighthouse Pioneers
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Book Synopsis Scottish Lighthouse Pioneers by : Paul A. Lynn
Download or read book Scottish Lighthouse Pioneers written by Paul A. Lynn and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Last Lighthouse by : Sharma Krauskopf
Download or read book The Last Lighthouse written by Sharma Krauskopf and published by Sharma Krauskopf. This book was released on 2000 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Scottish Lighthouses by : Michael A. W. Strachan
Download or read book Scottish Lighthouses written by Michael A. W. Strachan and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating pictorial history of Scottish lighthouses.
Book Synopsis The Lighthouse Stevensons by : Bella Bathurst
Download or read book The Lighthouse Stevensons written by Bella Bathurst and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Archie's Lights by : Archie MacEachern
Download or read book Archie's Lights written by Archie MacEachern and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scottish Lighthouses by : Sharma Krauskopf
Download or read book Scottish Lighthouses written by Sharma Krauskopf and published by Sharma Krauskopf. This book was released on 2001 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis For the Safety of All by : Donald S Murray
Download or read book For the Safety of All written by Donald S Murray and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Northern Lights by : A. D. Morrison-Low
Download or read book Northern Lights written by A. D. Morrison-Low and published by National Museums of Scotland. This book was released on 2010 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Lighthouse Stevensons by : Bella Bathurst
Download or read book The Lighthouse Stevensons written by Bella Bathurst and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lighthouse on Skerryvore by : Paul A. Lynn
Download or read book The Lighthouse on Skerryvore written by Paul A. Lynn and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."
Download or read book Scottish Lighthouses written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Kinnaird Head Lighthouse by : Michael A. W. Strachan
Download or read book Kinnaird Head Lighthouse written by Michael A. W. Strachan and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Strachan tells the story of one of Scotland's great tourist attractions, with a wealth of previously unpublished images.
Book Synopsis Scottish and Manx Lighthouses by : Ian A. Cowe
Download or read book Scottish and Manx Lighthouses written by Ian A. Cowe and published by . This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of glorious photographs of Scotland's marvellous lighthouse heritage. Join photographer Ian on a journey by foot, car, boat and helicopter around the stunning coastline of Scotland and the Isle of Man to capture this wonderful collection of images. Learn about the exploits of the Stevensons who battled against the elements for over 150 years and the keepers who manned these inspirational sentinels of the sea.
Book Synopsis Bell Rock Lighthouse by : Michael A. W. Strachan
Download or read book Bell Rock Lighthouse written by Michael A. W. Strachan and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated history of the iconic Bell Rock lighthouse which has stood as an industrial ‘wonder of the world’ since its completion in 1811.
Download or read book The Lighthouse written by Keith McCloskey and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman and fresh provisions. The lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but it had been noted that no light had been seen from Eilean Mor for several days. The relief keeper, Joseph Moore, found the lighthouse to be completely deserted, and a subsequent search of the island failed to reveal any sign of what had happened to the three keepers. The last entry in the logbook had been made on 15 December and contained a number of strange and distressing clues as to the mental states of the men. One was reported to have been crying, while another had become ‘very quiet’. When it was revealed that the men’s oilskin coats were missing and the clock in the lighthouse had stopped, theories surrounding the keepers’ fates inevitably proliferated. These included a giant wave washing them away, murder or suicide. Others favoured more esoteric explanations – Eilean Mor was believed to have mystical properties. In The Lighthouse, Keith McCloskey explores this mysterious and chilling story in depth for the first time and reveals a shocking conclusion.
Book Synopsis Scottish Lighthouses by : Robert William Munro
Download or read book Scottish Lighthouses written by Robert William Munro and published by Hydra Book Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stargazing written by Peter Hill and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving and hilarious memoir of life on three Scottish lighthouses - and a beautiful tribute to a long-lost vocation that will always capture the imagination. In 1973, Peter Hill was a 19 year old hippy art student when he was interviewed for the job of Relief A moving and hilarious memoir of life on three Scottish lighthouses - and a beautiful tribute to a long-lost vocation that will always capture the imagination. Lighthouse Keeper by The Commissioners of the Northern Lights in Edinburgh. For the next 12 months he would work on 3 legendary lighthouses off the coast of Scotland. From these rocky outcrops and uninhabited islands Peter Hill came of age listening to the tales of older keepers, all of whom had lived fascinating lives around the world. They took turns at keeping watch throughout the night in the light chambers, and by day– when not laying lobster creels and attending to their idiosyncratic hobbies– they kept in touch with the outside world through television. This was the year that Vietnam burned, the Watergate hearings were beamed in live by satellite from Washington, and strains of Jimi Hendrix lifted the roof. The contrast with the age- old world of the lighthouse keepers could not be more marked– Peter Hill has captured the magic of both worlds and granted us the privilege of learning fascinating details about the history and legend of this now defunct but perennially romantic and poetic vocation. Laugh out loud funny, poetic, poignant and endlessly fascinating, Star Gazing is a wise and wistful tribute to a time and a way of life that no longer exists– but one that will always capture the imagination and stir the soul.
