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
261. =Hebrides=, Monach, Shillay Island, lat. 57° 31´ 34´´; two
lights—the upper flashing every 10 seconds, visible 17 miles;
the lower, fixed, visible 12 miles; lighthouse tower, 133 feet
high; erected 1814.
262. =Hebrides=, Scalpa, Glass Island, lat. 57° 51´ 25´´; one
fixed light, visible 16 miles; tower, 100 feet high; erected
1789.
263. =Hebrides=, Ushenish, South Uist, lat. 57° 17´ 35´´; one
fixed light, visible 18 miles; tower, 39 feet high; erected
1857.
264. =Hebrides=, Barra Head, Bernera Island, lat. 56° 47´ 8´´;
intermittent light, visible for 2½ minutes, dark for ⅓ minute;
visible 32 miles; stone lighthouse, 60 feet high; erected 1833.
265. =Skerryvore=, lat. 56° 19´ 22´´; one light, revolving
every minute, visible 17 miles; stone lighthouse, 158 feet
high; erected 1844.
266. =Dubhe Artach=, lat. 56° 8´. Now building.
267. =Ardnamurchan Point=, lat. 56° 43´ 38´´; one fixed light,
visible 18 miles; lighthouse, 118 feet high; erected 1849.
268. =Mull Sound=, Runa Gal Rock, lat. 56° 38´; one fixed
light, visible 12 miles; tower, 63 feet high; erected 1857.
269. =Lismore=, Musdile Island, lat. 56° 27´ 19´´; one fixed
light, visible 14 miles; 86 feet high; erected 1833.
270. =Corran Point=, Loch Eil, lat. 56° 43´ 16´´; one fixed
light, visible 10 miles; 42 feet high; erected 1860.
271. =Oban=, pier, lat. 56° 25´; two fixed lights; erected 1858.
272. =Phladda Island=, lat. 56° 14´ 48´´; one fixed light,
visible 11 miles; tower, 42 feet high; erected 1860.
273. =Crinan Canal=, lat. 56° 5´ 30´´; one fixed light, visible
four miles; erected 1851.
274. =Iron Rock=,[67] lat. 55° 52´ 30´´; one light, revolving
every minute, visible 14 miles; 83 feet high; erected 1865.
[67] Sgeirmaoile, or Skeirvuile.
275. =Rhu Vaal=, Islay Island, lat. 55° 56´ 6´´; one fixed
light, visible 15 miles; tower, 113 feet high; erected 1859.
276. =Macarthur’s Head=, lat. 56° 56´ 50´´; one fixed light,
visible 17 miles; 42 feet high; erected 1861.
277. =Rhynns=, or =Islay=, Oversay Island, lat. 55° 40´ 20´´;
one light, flashing every 5 seconds, visible 17 miles; tower,
96 feet high; erected 1825.
278. =Loch-in-Dail=, Dune Point, Islay, lat. 55° 44´ 40´´; one
fixed light, visible 12 miles; erected 1869.
279. =Port Ellen=, lat. 55° 37´ 13´´; one fixed light, visible
11 miles; square tower, 65 feet high; erected 1853.
280. =Mull of Kintyre=, lat. 55° 18´ 39´´; one fixed light,
visible 22 miles; 38 feet high; erected 1787.
281. =Sanda=, Ship Rock, lat. 55° 16´ 30´´; one fixed light,
visible 17 miles; 48 feet high; erected 1850.
282. =Davar Island=, lat. 55° 25´ 45´´; one light, revolving
every 30 seconds, visible 15 miles; stone tower, 65 feet high;
erected 1854.
[Illustration: SHIP ROCK OF SANDA LIGHTHOUSE.]
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