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Detailed view from SE of lighthouse tower, with battery of five dome-ended air receivers (in the foreground) which stored compressed air (generated in the fog-horn engine house to left) to power the f ...

D 61406 CN

Description Detailed view from SE of lighthouse tower, with battery of five dome-ended air receivers (in the foreground) which stored compressed air (generated in the fog-horn engine house to left) to power the fog horn. Note the two receivers to the right are welded, and the three to the left are riveted.

Date 3/11/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 61406 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 1440187, SC 2504269

Medium Colour negative

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/496718

Collection Hierarchy - Item Level

Collection Level (551 1) Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

Group Level (551 1/4) National Survey Programmes

>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/9) Industrial Survey Programme

>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/9/291) Mull of Galloway Lighthouse

>>>> Item Level (D 61406 CN) Detailed view from SE of lighthouse tower, with battery of five dome-ended air receivers (in the foreground) which stored compressed air (generated in the fog-horn engine house to left) to power the fog horn. Note the two receivers to the

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