Alan Stevenson, uncle of Robert Louis Stevenson and engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board, describes the survey and building of the Skerryvore lighthouse off Tiree between 1838 and 1844: the reef and its seas, the barrack built on the rock, quarrying and shaping granite, and life for the workmen. Notes on lighthouse illumination, mirrors and lenses complete the volume.
A classic of Victorian engineering literature, for readers of The Lighthouse Stevensons and lovers of the sea. Download the free EPUB.