Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands
Date 2007
Event ID 881879
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881879
An outstanding building in architectural and functional terms is the Bell Rock Lighthouse operation shore and signal station designed and completed under Robert Stevenson’s direction in 1812. The buildings also provided accommodation for the light keepers and their families. The station is now a museum. A Bell Rock Lighthouse signal book of 1812 survives which was used in sending messages
to and from the station, Northern Lighthouse Board vessels and the lighthouse 11 miles distant from the shore.
Engineers will be fascinated to note that the signal book includes Robert Stevenson’s own flag to be flown when he was aboard the lighthouse vessel.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007b
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.