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Charlestown Harbour, Lighthouse General View

SC 556313

Description Charlestown Harbour, Lighthouse General View

Date 2/7/1979

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 556313

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Lighthouse, Charlestown Harbour, Fife This harbour was enlarged in the late 19th century to ship coal and lime in steamships which would have been unable to use the 18th and early 19th century facilities. This light was built on the west quay of c1840, to mark the entrance. This view shows the lighthouse from the north. It was unusual in being of wooden construction, apart from the metal container at the rear, which housed an acetylene generator to provide gas for the lamp. Charlestown harbour was originally built to serve the adjacent limekilns, which were on an unprecedented scale, It also shipped coal from pits in the Dunfermline area. From the 1920s to the 1950s it was used for shipbreaking. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H79/86/7

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/556313

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Attribution: © HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

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