The Lighthouse Stevensons
For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Stevensons not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses under often desperate conditions but also perfected a design of precisely chiseled interlocking granite blocks that would withstand the enormous waves that batter these stone pillars. The same Stevensons als…
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Weitere Autoren: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
- ISBN: 978-0-06-093226-8
- EAN: 9780060932268
- Produktnummer: 11224167
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Über den Autor
Bella Bathurst is a freelance journalist. She divides her time between London and Scotland.
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