Skye Bridge and Eilean Ban Lighthouse.
The Skye Bridge and Eilean Ban Lighthouse. bIsle of Skye/b Tucked under the modern Skye Bridge is a small isle called Eilean Ban, on which a large white, gold and black Lighthouse sits. The light marks the entrance to the channels and lochs between Skye and the Scottish Mainland. The light station was designed by David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board, it first exhibited its light in 1857 to mark the entrance to Kyle Akin. The white-painted tower is 21 metres in height and has a gold base to the lantern, which is painted white with a black domed roof. The first light installed in the Lantern was a sperm whale oil lamp, amplified by a Fresnel lens, showing a white light with red and green sectors. In 1898 the lamp was converted to a paraffin light source, re fuelled by tanks on the shore. A further conversion came about in 1960 when the light was again converted to a new source, acetylene, a cleaner burning gas, which no longer required a permanent keeper to be stationed at the Lighthouse. The keeper's cottages (The only houses on the Island) were sold following the station's automation and became holiday cottages available for rent from the Island's Trust. The light was discontinued in 1993, 2 years prior to the completion of the Skye Road Bridge.
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Location: Isle of Skye
Photo credit: © Ruth Craine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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