The Bressay Lighthouse at Kirkbister Ness in the Shetland Islands SCO 7781
The request to build a lighthouse on Bressay, at the south entrance to the Lerwick Harbour, was made by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses on November 11th, 1854. Permission was given by The Board of Trade on November 14th. The work started in February 1856. In the beginning it was lit by candles, later it ran on paraffin and in 1967 it was electrified. When it was automated in 1988, there was no need for the clockwork that was installed in 1940, so that was donated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) to the Shetland Museum. It was not installed in the museum until the new museum was built. There it was mounted on a 4m. high pedestal so it was possible for the public to see it from every angle. The mirrors were mounted on an array floating on 836 kgs of liquid mercury, this was removed and repaced with a roller plate, and the clockwork is now driven by an electric motor, to show how the lighthouse mechanism works.
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Location: Bressay Lighthouse, Kirkbister Ness, Shetland Isles, Scotland. UK.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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