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
242. =Dunnet Head=, lat. 58° 40´ 16´´; one fixed light, visible
23 miles; 66 feet high; erected 1831.
243. =Holburn=, Little Head, Thurso Bay, lat. 58° 36´ 50´´; one
light, flashing every 10 seconds, visible 13 miles; 55 feet
high; erected 1862.
244. =Orkney Isles=, Cantick Head, Hoy Isle, lat. 58° 47´;
one light, revolving every minute, visible 15 miles; brick
lighthouse, 73 feet high; erected 1858.
245. =Orkney Isles=, Hoy Sound, lat. 58° 56´ 9´´; two fixed
lights, visible 15 and 11 miles; high light, Gremsa Isle,
north-east point, 108 feet high, erected 1851; low light,
Gremsa Isle, north-west point, 38 feet high.
246. =Orkney Isles=, Kirkwall, lat. 58° 59´ 10´´; one fixed
light, visible 9 miles; 27 feet high; erected 1854.
247. =Orkney Isles=, Auskerry, Stronsa Firth, lat. 59° 2´; one
fixed light, visible 16 miles; brick lighthouse, 112 feet high;
erected 1867.
248. =Orkney Isles=, Start Point, Sanday Isle, lat. 59° 16´
39´´; one fixed light, visible 15 miles; 91 feet high; erected
1806.
249. =Orkney Isles=, North Ronaldshay, lat. 59° 23´ 15´´; one
light, flashing every 10 seconds, visible 17 miles; brick
lighthouse, 139 feet high; erected 1854.
250. =Shetland Isles=, Sumburgh Head, lat. 59° 51´; one fixed
light, visible 22 miles; stone lighthouse, 55 feet high;
erected 1821.
251. =Shetland Isles=, Bressay, lat. 60° 6´ 10´´; one light,
revolving every minute, visible 17 miles; brick lighthouse, 98
feet high; erected 1854.
252. =Shetland Isles=, Whalsey Skerries, lat. 60° 25´ 24´´; one
light, revolving every minute, visible 17 miles; brick tower,
98 feet high; erected 1854.
253. =Shetland Isles=, North Unst, lat. 60° 51´ 20´´; one fixed
light, visible 21 miles; 64 feet high; erected 1854.
254. =Cape Wrath=, north-west point of Scotland, lat, 58°
37´30´´; one light, revolving every two minutes, visible 30
miles; tower, 65 feet high; erected 1828.
255. =Ru Stoer=, lat. 58° 14´ 10´´. Now building.
NORTH COAST.
256. =South Rona Island=, lat. 57° 34´ 31´´; one light,
flashing every 12 seconds, visible 20 miles; tower, 42 feet
high; erected 1857.
257. =Kyle Akin=, Gilliean Island, lat. 57° 16´ 39´´; one fixed
light, visible 11 miles; 70 feet high; erected 1857.
258. =Oronsay Island=, lat. 57° 8´ 39´´; one fixed light,
visible 12 miles; 63 feet high; erected 1857.
259. =Hebrides=, Butt of Lewis, north point, lat. 58° 30´ 40´´;
one fixed light, visible 18 miles; lighthouse tower, 120 feet
high; erected 1862.
260. =Hebrides=, Stornoway, Arnish Point,[66] lat. 58° 11´
28´´; one light, revolving every 30 seconds, visible 12 miles;
45 feet high; erected 1852.
[66] This lighthouse reflects a light on Arnish Beacon (see p. 274).
[Illustration: WHALSEY SKERRIES LIGHTHOUSE.]
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