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An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-HousesStevenson, Robert

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An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses

Name: An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses
Author: Stevenson, Robert

Stevenson, Robert

Bell Rock Lighthouse (Scotland); Lighthouses -- Scotland

Artificers return to the Rock. Smeaton obliged to leave her
 station. Mortar gallery completely broken up by the sea. The
 Tender returns to the Rock. The Smith’s anvil and bellows
 washed off the Beacon.                                           383-386

 Light-room sash-frames landed 23d August. Captain Wilson
 is accidentally hurt by one of them. Last stone of the
 Light-house laid, 2d September.                                  386-388

 The Sir Joseph Banks Tender sails for Leith to be sold.
 Praam-boat drifts from the Rock. Artificers for the erection
 of the Light-room landed upon the Rock on the 14th of
 October. The Writer sails for the Northern Light-houses,
 accompanied by his friends Dr Barclay, Mr Oliphant, and
 Mr Neill. Progress of the Light-room works on his return.
 Unfortunate loss of Charles Henderson. Difficulty of
 procuring red-coloured glass. Ventilating or Finishing
 ball fixed upon the Cupola of the Light-room, 22d October.
 Light-room glazed. Light-house Yacht loses one of her boats
 off the Bell Rock. Great dexterity of the Landing-master and
 his crew.                                                        388-394

 State of the Railways, Beacon, and Light-house. Condition
 of the several apartments. House put under the charge of
 Mr Reid, principal Light-keeper, 30th September. Small
 boat washed off the Beacon. Sprays rise 104 feet upon
 the Light-house. Seas fly from stem to stern of the
 Floating-light. Mr Reid left with Peter Fortune in charge
 of the Light-house. They experience a severe gale. Their
 description of the effects of the Sea.                           394-399

 The Red-coloured Glass arrives at Edinburgh, 6th December.
 Reflecting apparatus shipped for the Rock, and landed on the
 15th. The Light is advertised to the Public on the 17th. List
 of Newspapers in which the advertisement is inserted. The
 Light-keepers are left in possession of the House, together
 with Mr Forrest, general superintendant.                         399-402

 CHAP. VII.--1811.

 ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE, FROM ITS COMPLETION
 TILL THE YEAR 1823, INCLUDING STATEMENTS OF THE EXPENCE,
 QUANTITY OF MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP CONNECTED WITH THE WORK.

 1811. The Light is exhibited on the 1st of February, when
 the Floating-Light is extinguished. A Storm occurs on the
 night that the House is lighted. Floating-Light puts into
 Anstruther, on her return voyage to Leith. State of her
 bottom.                                                          404-405

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An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses

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