Tuesday 31 August 2010

Little Lighthouse


The Stevenson's built hundreds of lighthouses but this surely has to be the smallest.  It was the harbour light for North Queensferry built by Robert Stevenson in 1817.  Fuelled by whale oil, the copper parabolic reflector is silver coated and would have been a very useful addition to this important route in the 19th century.

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