An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House

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Author

Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850

Title

An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses

Credits

E-text prepared by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

TC: Technology: Ocean engineering

Subject

Lighthouses -- Scotland

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48414

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48414

Release Date

March 5, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE,
2. 2.TO THE KING.
3. 3.THE CONTENTS. — INTRODUCTION. — ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE. — APPENDIX. — DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — Kinnaird Head. — Mull of Kintyre. — Island Glass. — Pladda. — Pentland Skerries. — Start Point Beacon. — Inchkeith Light-house. — Start Point Light-house. — Bell Rock Light-house. — North Ronaldsay Beacon. — Isle of May. — Inchkeith Revolving Light. — Corsewall. — Isle of Man. — Point of Ayre. — Calf of Man. — Sumburgh Head. — Carr Rock. — Stations on the Coast of Scotland, where Light-houses have been suggested as still necessary. — Constitution of the Board, and System of Management.
5. 5.ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT HOUSE — CHAPTER I. — Name of the Rock. — Situation and Dimensions. — Natural History. — Depth of Water. — Current of the Tides. — CHAPTER II. — Dangerous Position of the Bell Rock. — Designs for the Bell Rock Light-house. — Bill by Lord Advocate Hope. — Bill by Lord Advocate Erskine. — Report of the Committee of the House of Commons. — CHAPTER III. — Pharos Floating Light-ship. — Commencement of the Operations on the Bell Rock. — Erection of the Beacon-House. — A Prayer for the use of those Employed at the Erection of the Bell Rock Light-House. — Progress of the Work. — CHAPTER IV. — Shipping. — Implements. — Building Materials. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII.
6. 6.APPENDIX. — No. I. — ADDITIONAL LIGHT-HOUSE STATIONS. — INSTRUCTIONS for the BELL ROCK LIGHT-KEEPERS. — MONTHLY RETURN from the BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE, for November 1812 . — JOURNAL relative to the Duty of the Light-Keepers, and the State of the Weather, &c. at the Bell Rock, for November 1812 . — REMARKS regarding any Accident or Particular which occurred connected with the Bell Rock Light-house during the Month of November 1812 . — SHIPWRECK RETURN from Pladda Light-House. — LETTER accompanying the foregoing Shipwreck Return. — No. II. INCHCAPE ROCK. — No. III. — No. IV. — REPORT by Mr Stevenson. — REPORT by Mr Rennie . — REPORT by Mr Stevenson . — JOINT REPORT by John Rennie and Robert Stevenson . — REPORT by Mr Rennie . — REPORT by Mr RENNIE. — No. V. REMARKS relative to the Ground-swells of the Sea. — No. VI. — No. VII. — Wages and Premiums. — Building Materials. — Implements and Machinery for the Works, including Beacon-house, Cast-iron Railways , &c. &c. ( See Plates VIII. , IX. , X. , XIV. , XVII. , and XVIII. ) — Shipping. — Light-room , &c. (See Plates XVI. and XX. ) — Ulterior Works , &c. (See Plate XII. ) — Incidents. — DEDUCTIONS. — Average Price of Provisions during the Period of the Bell Rock Works.
7. 7.DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. — Plate I. INCHKEITH LIGHT-HOUSE. — Plate II. CARR ROCK BEACON. — Plate III. GENERAL CHART, SHEWING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE BELL ROCK. — Plate IV. CHART, SHEWING THE PARTICULAR POSITION OF THE BELL ROCK. — Plate V. CHART OF THE BELL ROCK, SHEWING ITS POSITION RELATIVELY TO THE SHIPPING EMPLOYED AT THE WORK. — Plate VI. PLAN OF THE NORTH EASTERN PARTS OF THE BELL ROCK, SHEWING THE POSITION OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE, RAILWAYS, AND WHARFS, &c. — Plate VII. ORIGINAL DESIGNS FOR THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE. — Plate VIII. BEACON-HOUSE. — Plate IX. SHEWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORKS DURING THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH YEARS’ OPERATIONS. — Plate X. VARIOUS IMPLEMENTS AND APPARATUS CONNECTED WITH THE WORKS. — Plate XI. THE SHEER-CRANE, LEWIS-BATT, PRAAM-BOAT WITH CARGO, SLOOP SMEATON DISCHARGING, AND BRUCE’s TWO-HALF ATTENDING-BOAT. — Plate XII. WORK-YARD, LIGHT-KEEPER’s HOUSES, SEA-WALL AT ARBROATH, AND SEAMEN’s PROTECTION-MEDAL. — Plate XIII. PLANS OF THE SEVERAL COURSES OF THE MASONRY OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE. — Plate XIV. MOVEABLE BEAM CRANE. — Plate XV. FOUNDATION-PIT, OR EXCAVATED SITE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE. — Plate XVI. ELEVATION AND SECTION OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE. — Plate XVII. BALANCE-CRANE. — Plate XVIII. GENERAL VIEW OF THE WORKS. — Plate XIX. ENTRANCE-DOOR, WINDOWS, HINGES, AND THUNDER-ROD. — Plate XX. BALCONY AND LIGHT-ROOM. — FRONTISPIECE. — VIGNETTE OF SECOND TITLE-PAGE. — Plate XXIII. DESIGN FOR A LIGHT-HOUSE, SUGGESTED UPON VISITING THE WOLF ROCK SITUATE EIGHT MILES S. S. W. FROM THE LAND’S-END.
8. 8.DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.
9. 9.Transcriber's Note

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