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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals away from the coast and safe entries to harbors.
		In very old lighthouses, the light source was a kerosene lamp, and the lenses were rotated by a clockwork assembly wound daily by lighthouse keepers.
		Lighthouse is also a pop music group best known for their Top 40 songs "One Fine Morning" (1971) and "Sunny Days" (1972).
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Lighthouse (880 words)

	Orkney Islands Lighthouses
		The Northern Lighthouse Board is responsible for building and maintaining the lighthouses in these northern islands.
		The lighthouse marks the northwestern corner of the Orkneys on the island of Westray.
		The lighthouse, considered the most isolated British light station, was originally equipped with a giant "hyperradiant" Fresnel lens almost 5 m (16 ft) in diameter.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/ork.htm (2306 words)

	Lighthouses of Scotland's West Coast
		The lighthouse is on the point separating Loch Kanaird and Loch Broom, marking the north side of the entrance to the upper portion of Loch Broom and the harbor of Ullapool.
		The lighthouse is at the northern tip of the island, marking the entrances to the Sound of Raasay to the west and the Inner Sound to the east.
		The lighthouse was refurbished and repainted in 2003-04.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/sctw.htm (9107 words)

	United Kingdom: lighthouse authorities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ensign is the Blue Ensign defaced with the lighthouse in white; this is worn in tenders and flown on lighthouses and depots on shore.
		Northern Lights is the General Lighthouse Authority in Scotland and the Isle of Man. Trinity House is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Gibraltar, and responsible for pilotage throughout the UK.
		The defaced ensigns/jacks of ships operated by various commissions before 1864 were red, but since lighthouse boards were not specifically mentioned in the Royal Proclamations that introduced the defaced Red Ensigns, the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners may have felt free to devise their own ensign, and chose to have one in Scottish colours.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-lthse.html (2165 words)

	Northern Lighthouse Board - Sanda Island. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first intimation of the need for a lighthouse on Sanda came in the 1820s, repeated in 1825 when "The Christiania" was lost on Patersons rock.
		At first Trinity House recommended that The Mull Of Kintyre lighthouse be moved, but it was rejected by the N L B (Northern Lighthouse Board), who placed a beacon on Patersons rock.
		Subsistence farming and fishing was the mainstay although a Mr McCoosh mentioned on one gravestone was a diver for the N L B. Wrecks continued despite the best efforts of the keepers, the most notable being that of the Byron Darnton in 1946.
	www.sanda-island.co.uk /pages/lighthouse.html (441 words)

	Virtual Vault - Lighthouse Records
		In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers of the Flannan Islands Lighthouse, to the west of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, disappeared in mysterious circumstances; what is commonly known as the 'Flannan Isle Disaster'.
		The last written entries in the lighthouse log were for the 13th December but particulars for the 14th December and for the time of extinguishing the light on the 15th December were noted on slate for transfer later to the log.
		The official report on the case concluded that the lighthouse keepers had been the victim of extreme weather conditions and had probably been swept into the sea by an exceptionally large and unexpected wave.
	www.scan.org.uk /researchrtools/lighthouse.htm (331 words)

	Bell Rock Lighthouse - The Stevensons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The lighthouse settlement scarce encroached beyond its fences; over the top of the first brae the ground was all virgin, the world all shut out, the face of things unchanged by any of man's doings.
		In fact, the Lighthouse Board had appointed Rennie as Chief Engineer in 1806 and as such he (along with Stevenson) duly submitted Designs and Reports for the Board’s consideration, although it would appear he actually visited the site only twice during the years of construction from1807 to 1811.
		It was his lighthouse, however, that both Stevenson and Rennie freely admit to drawing on for their own designs for the construction of the Bell Rock.
	www.erraid.fslife.co.uk /pages/stevensons.htm (4669 words)

	Guide to Scottish lighthouse records - The National Archives of Scotland
		Although the earliest Scottish lighthouse was constructed soon after 1635 the origins of the Northern Lighthouse Board date to 1782, when a number of severe storms highlighted the lack of lighthouses around the Scottish coasts.
		The earliest lighthouse in Scotland was built on the Isle of May by James Maxwell of Innerwick and John Cunninghame of Barnes, under a patent from Charles I of 1635.
		The lighthouse appears to have been running normally until the 15th of December, but when members of the crew of the Hesperus, one of the lighthouse service vessels, made a routine visit to the lighthouse 11 days later, none of the staff were to be found.
	www.nas.gov.uk /guides/lighthouses.asp (1541 words)

	Knowledge Base - Lighthouses
		Other lighthouses and similar buildings on the Scottish coast, such as bell towers, were simple structures and were built and maintained principally by individual burghs or by local acts of parliament.
		The Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 confirmed the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses as the authority for lighthouses in Scotland and the adjacent seas and islands, and the Isle of Man. The Merchant Shipping Act of 1979 freed the Commissioners from the supervision of Trinity House.
		Letterhead of the Northern Lighthouse Board from correspondence in the National Archives of Scotland (NLC3/1/1).
	www.scan.org.uk /knowledgebase/topics/lighthouses_topic.htm (545 words)

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		Maintenance is split between the proprietors of the lighthouse cottages and the Northern Lighthouse Board.
		The lighthouse stem and the storeroom below is owned by the Northern Lighthouse Board and is excluded from the sale.
		There is an obligation for the walls and cottages to be painted white, to the standard of the lighthouse stem.
	www.skye-lighthouse.com /LHsale/2EN.htm (233 words)

	Northern Lighthouse Board - MGN Business Card Listing
		The Northern Lighthouse Board's principal concern is with safety: the safety of the mariner at sea; the safety of our own people employed in or around some of the world's most dangerous coastlines; and the safety of environment in which we, and those who come after us, must live and work.
		The programme to automate all major lighthouses was successfully completed on 31 March 1998.
		The joint General Lighthouse Authorities' policy is based on the continuing requirement for the foreseeable future for a base-level of traditional visual aids to navigation, in the form of lights, beacons and buoyage, but a decreasing reliance of these "traditional" aids to navigation and an increasing reliance on high-precision radio aids.
	www.mglobal.com /companydetails.cfm?companyid=19603 (243 words)

	WWWVL -- Lighthouses of the World
		National Lighthouse Center and Museum - The mission of the National Lighthouse Center and Museum is to broaden the public's appreciation and understanding of America's lighthouse heritage.
		Lighthouse Society of Newfoundland and Labrador - Founded to facilitate the preservation of the province's light stations and to preserve and communicate their histories.
		Northern Lighthouse Board - Manages all lighthouses, buoys and beacons throughout Scotland and the adjacent seas and islands.
	www.vl-lighthouses.org (1342 words)

	Point Reyes Lighthouse
		The Lighthouse Board was ultimately forced to postpone efforts to build a lighthouse until after the Civil War.
		The lighthouse is a popular stop for visitors to the Point Reyes National Seashore.
		You may wish to call in advance, as the lighthouse is sometimes closed due to high winds.
	www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /CalLts/PtReyes/PtReyes.htm (655 words)

	Carquinez Strait Lighthouse, California at Lighthousefriends.com
		The first lighthouse to mark the entrance to Carquinez Strait and the Napa River was built at the southern end of Mare Island in 1873.
		The side of the lighthouse with dormers in the roof faced the northern side of the strait, and a three-story tower was attached near the southwest corner of the structure.
		The Carquinez Strait Lighthouse served until 1951 when it was replaced by a smaller beacon and fog signal at the end of the now extended pier.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=69 (597 words)

	Northern Lighthouse Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Northern Lighthouse Board, together with Trinity House (England, Wales and the Channel Isles) and the Commissioners of Irish Lights (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) are the General Lighthouse Authorities for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
		This is a remarkable achievement during a period of major capital investment by the General Lighthouse Authorities and against a background of general inflation.
		This is particularly true now, at a time when the General Lighthouse Authorities have undertaken a programme of major capital investment - the redevelopment of the Trinity House Lighthouse Service depot at Harwich and the replacement of GLA ships.
	www.nlb.org.uk /theboard/funding.htm (1304 words)

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		In 1984 the Northern Lighthouse Board embarked on a long term solarisation programme, replacing many of the original structures with low maintenance aluminium towers and installing solar electric power for the lights.
		There are currently 95 Northern Lighthouse Board solar powered land based sites from the north tip of the Shetland Isles to Chicken Rock at the south end of the Isle of Man. The range of light varies between three and 23 miles.
		Editors note - the Northern Lighthouse Board The Northern Lighthouse Board is responsible for Scotland and the Isle of Man. This area covers half the waters and coastline of the United Kingdom, together with the majority of offshore manned oil installations.
	www.saftbatteries.com /140-General/PDF/49-2003.doc (646 words)

	Butt of Lewis
		At midnight on Tuesday 31 March 1998 the Northern Lighthouse Board switched the last of its manned lighthouses to a remotely monitored, fully automated, system.
		The lighthouse was first lit in 1862 - following protracted negotiations between the Lighthouse Board and staff at the Board of Trade over whether the light should be fixed or flashing.
		When the lighthouse was built in the 1860s, there were no easy methods of transporting supplies within the island of Lewis due to the poor road system which existed at that time.
	www.iomairtnis.com /butt_of_lewis.htm (986 words)

	Amazon.com: Lighthouse Stevensons, The: Books: Bella Bathurst,Richard Dominick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 14 lighthouses dotting the Scottish coast were all built by the same family that produced Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland's most famous novelist.
		Much less well-known is the Lighthouse Stevensons' extraordinary family history: they built harbors, canals, railways and street lighting systems, and contributed numerous inventions to optics, engineering and architecture.
		This book does not pretend to be a treatise on all lighthouses, but specifically those built by the 4 generations of the Stevenson family.
	www.amazon.com /Lighthouse-Stevensons-Bella-Bathurst/dp/0060194278 (2586 words)

	Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... The Mysterious Disappearance of the Flannan Islands Lighthouse Keepers
		It was here that a 74-foot high lighthouse was constructed and lit for the first time on December 7, 1899, flashing twice in rapid succession every 30 seconds to send a send a 140,000 candlepower beam 24 nautical miles out to sea to guide passing vessels safely around Cape Wrath and onward to Pentland Firth.
		CLS failed to notify the Northern Lighthouse Board because “other more pressing matters caused it to escape from memory.” Occasional Keeper Roderick MacKenzie, who was responsible for observing the light from nearby Gallen Head, also failed to notice the outage.
		The Board also noted that while a furious gale was pounding the islands on December 12th and 13th, it had calmed considerably on the 14th.
	www.lhdigest.com /Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=2267 (1630 words)

	New tender for the Northern Lighthouse Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 3 February, HRH The Princess Royal named and launched the Northern Lighthouse Board's new Multi Function Tender at the Gdansk Stocznia Remontowa yard, Poland.
		The vessel is the 10th Northern Lighthouse Board vessel to be named NLV PHAROS, continuing a long line of vessels dating back to 1799.
		As well as undertaking the full range of tasks such as buoy maintenance and lighthouse support, she will be able to carry out additional tasks such as hydrographic surveying and wreck finding.
	www.rin.org.uk /pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_188387 (235 words)

	Overview of Belizean History
		Uring, in connection with one of His Majesty's ships, was responsible for bringing one of the first loads of mahogany to England and some of this mahogany was used in the Board Room of the then present Old Admiralty (circa 1723).
		The Merida- Bacalar- Northern Belize area was in a great deal of turmoil as these groups fought for control over the Yucatan.
		Grapnel hooks were not only used for boarding other ships, but were used to retrieve the heavy Manila (hemp fibre) anchor lines.
	ambergriscaye.com /fieldguide/history2.html (7867 words)

	Chapter Two: The Youth's Companion's Pledge
		James Bailey Upham was born in New Hampshire in 1845 and moved as a small boy to the village of Fairfax in northern Vermont.
		The Exposition's Governing Board was composed of two commissioners appointed by the Governor of each State and Territory plus eight at large and two from the District of Columbia appointed by the President.
		In January 1891 Upham approached the Governing Board of the World's Columbian Fair for their approval to have all the schools have the same basic program centered around the raising of the flag and the reciting a flag salute.
	www.history.vineyard.net /pdgech2.htm (6983 words)

	Famous Lighthouses/Lighthouse Decor Gifts
		The name of the island is still used as the noun for "lighthouse" in some languages, for example French(phare), Italian(faro also has the meaning of "headlight" e.g.
		lighthouses) is also derived from the island's name.
		For many years, lighthouses were still manned, partly because lighthouse keepers could serve as a
	www.vjegifts.com /index.cfm/FAMOUS_LIGHTHOUSES (268 words)

	Overview of Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Built over almost two years by Thomas Smith (1752 - 1815), first engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board, this was one of the earliest lights to be established when it was completed in 1788.
		The lighthouse was rebuilt between 1821 and 1830 under the supervision of Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850).
		The lighthouse was automated in 1996 and is now remotely monitored by the Northern Lighthouse Board headquarters in Edinburgh.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst10268.html (189 words)

	Overview of Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Constructed by Thomas Smith (1752-1815) for the Board of Northern Lighthouses, its first in Scotland, the lighthouse was created from the existing 16th-century Kinnaird Castle, which had been a Fraser ancestral home.
		The foghorn was decommissioned in 1987 and the lighthouse followed in 1991, with a new automatic light constructed nearby.
		In 2004, the Northern Lighthouse Board announced its intention to restore the old lighthouse to operational use because of its superior light.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/features/featurefirst6557.html (345 words)

	Lighthouse Beacons From Scotland - Strathy Point Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The station buildings, designed by the board's engineer, P.H. Hysolop, are laid out in a hollow square with covered passageways, giving protection from the high winds on this exposed headland.
		The traditional round tower has been abandoned (curved walls require interior fittings made to match), and even the 35 fool concrete lantern tower is square, as were the buildings at Esha Ness and Duncansby Head, and even earlier at Pillar Rock in Arran.
		An exciting book about 31 of the best scottish lighthouses explained in insightful text and magnificent colour photographs is available here.
	www.scottishradiance.com /light/light9706.htm (264 words)

	Lighthouse Beacons From Scotland - Flannan Isle Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Flannan Isle Lighthouse was established in 1899 and the engineers were David and Charles Stevenson.
		The station is located in the Atlantic 15 miles west of the Isle of Lewis and marks the fringe of the Hebrides.
		It is one of the last of the Northern Lighthouse Board's stations to be automated.
	www.scottishradiance.com /light/light9801.htm (145 words)

	TARBAT NESS LIGHTHOUSE - The Word
		Origin: Now that there are no manned lighthouses in Scotland, I asked the Northern Lighthouse Board in Edinburgh for information about this lighthouse.
		The lighthouse is the third tallest in Scotland (North Ronaldsay and Skerryvore being taller) and bears two distinguishing broad horizontal red bands.
		The one which turned out to be the most important work of his life and one which undoubtedly of notable engineering achievement, was the Bell Rock or Inchcape Lighthouse lying some 12 miles off the Angus coast.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /devout/bibliography.htm (537 words)

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