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Construction
Date 1862
Event ID 551216
Category Building History
Type Construction
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/551216
This lighthouse was established in 1862, the engineers being David and Thomas Stevenson. In 1876, it was the location of the first fog signal (of American design) to be installed in Scotland. It was electrified in 1968, the light having a maximum intensity of 3 million candlepower. A high power Racon beacon was installed in the same year, but was subsequently replaced by a low-power self-operating type. The lighthouse also became the radio reporting station for the lighthouses in the Forth estuary.
R W Munro 1979.
