Scottish Lighthouses (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
96
Utgivningsdatum
2016-11-15
Förlag
Amberley Publishing
Illustratör/Fotograf
unspecified 180 Illustrations
Illustrationer
180 Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensioner
231 x 163 x 10 mm
Vikt
295 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781445658391

Scottish Lighthouses

An Illustrated History

av Michael A W Strachan
Häftad,  Engelska, 2016-11-15
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Before the age of the lighthouse Scotlands untamed seas and perilous rocky coast too often witnessed the watery end to the mariners voyage. From its establishment in 1786, it was the remit of the Northern Lighthouse Board to tame these harsh seas with the building of guiding lights around Scotlands rugged coast For the Safety of All. The history of Scotlands lighthouses would be dominated by one family of engineers. For its first 150 years, the NLB would be shaped by four generations of the Stevenson family as lighthouse builders, innovators and inventors. From humble beginnings at Kinnaird Head, this family would perfect the engineering marvels of the Bell Rock and Skerryvore, and pioneer wireless technologies into the modern age. The lighthouse story is also one of habitation on the Stevensons creations on the extremities of civilisation as the light-keepers, and their families, lived and served on the wind-battered terrain of Scotlands edge. It was a story of survival, a unique way of life, which came and went within the pages of this history. The technological breakthroughs which began with the Stevensons advanced to automation and the end of the light-keeper. Nowadays the lights still flash, but theres nobody there.
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Fraserburgh born, Michael A. W. Strachan graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2010 with an MLitt in Modern Historical Studies, focussing mainly on Scottish and Irish studies. Since 2012 he has been involved with the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, currently serving as Collections Manager and tasked with caring for a nationally recognised collection of artefacts.

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