Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and OrganizationAdams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
Lighthouses; Lightships
189. =Inchkeith Island=, lat. 56° 2´; one light, revolving
every minute, visible 20 miles; stone lighthouse, 58 feet high;
erected 1804.
190. =Grangemouth=; one fixed light, visible 10 miles; stone
tower, 30 feet high; erected 1847.
191. =Charleston=, outer pier; one fixed light; erected 1866.
192. =Inverkeithing=, West Quay, two fixed red lights; erected
1856.
193. =St. David=; one fixed light; erected 1866.
194. =Burntisland=, East Pier-head, lat. 56° 4´; one fixed
light, visible 8 miles; 25 feet high; erected 1860.
195. =Burntisland=, Ferry Pier; one fixed light; 9 feet high.
196. =Burntisland=, New Pier; one fixed light; erected 1867.
197. =Pettycur=, pier; one fixed light; erected 1854.
198. =Kirkcaldy=, East Pier-head, lat. 56° 7´; one fixed light
(_gas_), visible 8 miles.
199. =Dysart=; one fixed green light, _gas_.
200. =West Wemyss=, pier-head; one fixed red light.
201. =Buckhaven=, East Pier-head, lat. 56° 10´ 6´´; one fixed
light; iron tower, 9 feet high; erected 1854.
202. =St. Monans=, lat. 56° 12´ 30´´; two fixed lights, visible
6 miles.
203. =Pittenweem=, East Pier-head, lat. 56° 13´; one fixed
light, visible 6 miles; erected 1853.
204. =Pittenweem=, saw-mill, one fixed light, visible 6 miles;
erected 1853.
205. =East Anstruther=, West Pier-head, lat. 56° 13´ 16´´; two
fixed lights (_gas_), visible 4 miles; erected 1848.
206. =Cellardyke=, lat. 56° 14´; one fixed red light, _gas_.
207. =Isle of May=, lat. 56° 11´ 9´´. Lighthouse on summit of
island—one fixed light, visible 21 miles; 78 feet high; erected
1816. Lighthouse on north-east side—one fixed light, visible 15
miles; 36 feet high; erected 1844.]
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208. =Bell Rock=, lat. 56° 26 3´; one light, revolving every
two minutes, visible 15 miles; 117 feet high; erected 1811.
209. =St. Andrews=, pier-head, lat. 56° 20´ 3´´; one fixed red
light, visible 6 miles; 18 feet high; erected 1825.
210. =St. Andrews=, Cathedral turret; one fixed light, visible
5 miles; erected 1849.
Firth of Tay—Nos. 211 to 215.
[211. =Buddonness=, lat. 56° 28´; two fixed lights, visible 15
and 12 miles; one on tower, 104 feet high, erected 1820; the
lower one, 65 feet high.
212. =Port-on-Craig=, lat. 56° 27´; two fixed lights, visible
12 and 10 miles; one on tower, 76 feet high; one on piles, 53
feet high; erected 1820 and 1845.
213. =Newport=, West Ferry Pier, lat. 56° 26´; two fixed
lights, visible 8 and 7 miles.
214. =Dundee Harbour=, Middle and East Piers, lat. 56° 28´; two
fixed lights, visible 8 and 7 miles.
215. =Dundee=, Camperdown Docks; two fixed red lights, _gas_;
erected 1865.]
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