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AN ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE,
TO THE KING.
THE CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE.
APPENDIX.
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.
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