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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.

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