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Author: Ian A. Cowe Publisher: ISBN: 9780956720917 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
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A compilation of glorious photographs of Scotland's marvellous lighthouse heritage. Join photographer Ian on a journey by foot, car, boat and helicopter around the stunning coastline of Scotland and the Isle of Man to capture this wonderful collection of images. Learn about the exploits of the Stevensons who battled against the elements for over 150 years and the keepers who manned these inspirational sentinels of the sea.
Author: Ian A. Cowe Publisher: ISBN: 9780956720917 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
A compilation of glorious photographs of Scotland's marvellous lighthouse heritage. Join photographer Ian on a journey by foot, car, boat and helicopter around the stunning coastline of Scotland and the Isle of Man to capture this wonderful collection of images. Learn about the exploits of the Stevensons who battled against the elements for over 150 years and the keepers who manned these inspirational sentinels of the sea.
Author: Bella Bathurst Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062094742 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 336
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For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Stevensons not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses under often desperate conditions but also perfected a design of precisely chiseled interlocking granite blocks that would withstand the enormous waves that batter these stone pillars. The same Stevensons also developed the lamps and lenses of the lights themselves, which "sent a gleam across the wave" and prevented countless ships from being lost at sea. While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that brought fame to the family name, this mesmerizing account shows how his extraordinary ancestors changed the shape of the Scotland coast against incredible odds and with remarkable technical ingenuity.
Author: A. D. Morrison-Low Publisher: National Museums of Scotland ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 292
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In much of the Western world, wherever there are seacoasts, lighthouses exert a perennial fascination for people - in spite of the fact that modern technology has taken away the human element in operating them.
Author: Margaret Elphinstone Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 1847677584 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 481
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In the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his sister home. What follows is a gripping account of Mark's odyssey and his travels with the voyageurs - the men who canoe Canada's fur-trade route. As adventure and discovery propel the plot forward, Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines the story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties.
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