Bishops Rock lighthouse keepers throwing a line to one of the tourist boats from the Isles of Scilly to enable mail and newspapers to be transfered to

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Bishops Rock lighthouse keepers throwing a line to one of the tourist boats from the Isles of Scilly to enable mail and newspapers to be transfered to the lighthouse from the boat. This was a common occurrence, in good weather, before the lighthouse was fully automated and became unmanned in 1992.

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Size: 5382px × 3457px
Location: Bishops Rock Lighthouse, isles of Scilly, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Bishop / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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