Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and OrganizationAdams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
History
Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
Lighthouses; Lightships
Cupola of First-class Lighthouse, 100
Sea-Birds attracted by Lighthouse Rays, 105
Winstanley’s Eddystone Lighthouse, 111
Smeaton’s Lighthouse at the Eddystone, 127
The Lightship at the Nore, 131
The Smalls Lighthouse, 135
Inchkeith Lighthouse, 146
Building the Bell Rock Lighthouse, 150
The Bell Rock Lighthouse, 163
Skerryvore Lighthouse, 178
North Unst Lighthouse, 183
Transporting a Lighthouse, 187
Needles Lighthouse, 190
Wolf’s Crag Lighthouse, 195
Bishop Rock Lighthouse, 197
Lizard Point Lighthouse, 198
Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse, 199
North Foreland Lighthouse, 201
South Foreland Lighthouse, 202
Holyhead Lighthouse, 203
Kinsale Lighthouse, 204
Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, 205
Maplin Sands Lighthouse, 206
Alguada Reef Lighthouse, 209
Ancient Tower of Cordouan, 215
Present Lighthouse of Cordouan, 219
Interior of Cordouan Lighthouse, 222
Lighthouse of Cape La Hève, 229
Erection of Lighthouse at the Héaux, 241
Lighthouse of the Enfant Perdu, 247
Lighthouse at New Caledonia, 251
The Lightship, 257
Pompey’s Pillar, 267
A Floating Beacon, 271
The Arnish Beacon, 274
Eddystone Lighthouse in a Storm, 283
Girdleness Lighthouse, 298
Whalsey Skerries Lighthouse, 300
Ship Rock of Sanda Lighthouse, 301
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