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... a tour de force, an amazing achievement, and a thoroughly worthy advocate to glorify that other great work, Bell Rock Lighthouse.' --Lamp: the Quarterly Journal of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers
... a `must-have' for anyone interested in learning about the early lighthouse development in Scotland and the Stevenson family ... --Lighthouse Digest, January-February 2011
... reflects deep knowledge, widespread interest, and great enthusiasm on the part of the author --Society of Antiquaries journal June 2011
... a `must-have' for anyone interested in learning about the early lighthouse development in Scotland and the Stevenson family ... --Lighthouse Digest, January-February 2011
... reflects deep knowledge, widespread interest, and great enthusiasm on the part of the author --Society of Antiquaries journal June 2011
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The Bell Rock Lighthouse, the world's oldest rock lighthouse situated off the coast of the county of Angus, was built by the famous Stevenson engineers, and has its 200th anniversary on 11 February 2011. Northern Lights celebrates that occasion. This fully illustrated book tells the story of Scotland's lighthouses through objects, charts and photographs, using National Museums Scotland's pre-eminent collection of sea-marking amterial from the Northern Lighthouse Board, and also items from the Stevenson family. For reasons explained in the book, historic items relating to the building of the earlier Eddystone Lighthouse, located in the English Channel, are also held by the museum, and John Smeaton's stone-built construction there must be seen as the inspiration for Robert Stevenson's structure.
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This is a fascinating account of the history and technology of lighthouses. It is well researched and referenced and it would be hard to find a more authoritative account. The only criticism would be with the sub-title. This book is called Northern Lights: The Age of Scottish Lighthouses. However, the book is much more than simply a history of lighthouses in Scottish waters and looks much further afield, taking in Egypt, New Zealand, India, Burma and numerous other places. All in all, this is essential reading and will, I am sure, become a standard reference work on the subject.
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