Light House Gallery

Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland

View of Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland. Bell Rock is also known as the Inchcape Rock (made famous by a poem by Robert Southey). Construction took place 1807 to 1810, and the light was installed 1811. The lamps and reflectors were replaced in 1843. Seen here in a typically rough sea

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Plymouth - The Hoe viewed from the Grand Hotel

Plymouth Hoe viewed from the Grand Hotel. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and it commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall. Date: 1906

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Use of the Naval Rangefinder for Merchant Navy Navigation, 1

Illustration showing how a Naval Barrster or rangefinder could be used for Merchant Navigation. In this instance the officer of the merchant ship is finding his distance from the lighthouse in order to confirm his position in relation to a submerged reef

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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