Legendary Lighthouses Of Britain

Author : Roger O'Reilly
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1786788128
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Lighthouses of Britain written by Roger O'Reilly and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with legends, sea lore and exciting true-life tales, this is a highly giftable treasure trove of Britain's top 100 lighthouses, each one illustrated by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly. This is a unique celebration of 100 of the most dramatic and storied lighthouses along the coasts of Britain. Illustrated with fantastic retro art by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly, this guide to the sentinels that guard Britain's shores is aimed at walkers, art lovers, maritime and countryside enthusiasts, and anyone who just loves lighthouses!. From the Lizard in Cornwall to Muckle Flugga at the northern tip of the Shetlands, and out to the forbidding rock stations that lie offshore in the path of ferocious and unforgiving seas, Roger O'Reilly has selected the very best of Britain's lighthouses with all their sea legends, folklore and tales of ghosts, shipwrecks and endurance. Including: Souter on the Sunderland coast, reputed to be haunted by Grace Darling’s niece Isabella, who lived here in the late 1880s. Staff have reported spoons floating in mid-air, unexplained temperature drops, and even being clutched by unseen hands. Ardnamurchan in the far west of Scotland, so remote that its builders came down with scurvy, and fresh fruit and vegetables along with a doctor had to be shipped out to help them. Trinity Buoy Wharf – who knew there was a lighthouse in the heart of London? It's now home to the Longplayer, a continuous 1,000-year long piece of music that will run until 31st December 2999. Smalls, off the Pembrokeshire coast, where in 1801 one keeper died and the other went mad, waiting almost four months for rescue while his dead colleague, fastened to the outside rail because the corpse had started to decompose, stared through the window at him accusingly. Lundy South, occupied by Barbary pirates during the 1600s, and in the 18th century the base of Thomas Benson, one time MP for Barnstaple and Devon’s most notorious smuggler.

Author : Christopher Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904445272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Lighthouses of Britain written by Christopher Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduring classic of lighthouse literature

Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historically Famous Lighthouses written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nic Compton
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473530288
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shipping Forecast written by Nic Compton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rhythmic lullaby of ‘North Utsire, South Utsire’ has been lulling the nation’s insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years. It has inspired songs, poetry and imaginations across the globe – as well as providing a very real service for the nation’s seafarers who might fall prey to storms and gales. It has inspired everyone from Seamus Heaney to Radiohead, and from Radio 4 announcers to the writers of Keeping Up Appearances. In 1995, a plan to move the late-night broadcast by just 12 minutes caused a national outcry and was ultimately scrapped. Published with Radio 4 and the Met Office, The Shipping Forecast is the official miscellany for seafarers and armchair travellers alike. It features fascinating facts alongside lyrics from Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, Radiohead and more. From the places themselves – how they got their names, what’s happened there through the ages – to the poems and parodies that it’s inspired, this is a beautifully evocative tribute to one of Britain's – and Radio 4's – best-loved broadcasts.

Author : J. Saxby Wryde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Lighthouses written by J. Saxby Wryde and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher P. Nicholson
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9781870325417
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Lighthouses of Britain written by Christopher P. Nicholson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1995 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When waves higher than the vessels that sail upon them smash against the half-submerged rocks at the extremities our coastline, the whole ocean becomes a raging foam which continues to claim the lives of unwary navigators. Man's struggle to build a permanent and durable structure such as a lighthouse on these sites is a story that cannot fail to stir the emotions of anyone who enjoys tales of endeavour, ingenuity and dogged determination. In this second edition of his book, Christopher Nicholson vividly describes the construction and history to the present day of some of the world's most famous lighthouses. Book jacket.

Author : Tony Denton
Publisher : Foxglove Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780956456038
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lighthouses of England written by Tony Denton and published by Foxglove Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Saxby Wryde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book British Lighthouses written by J. Saxby Wryde and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William John Hardy
Publisher : New York, Chicago, Fleming H. Revell Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lighthouses written by William John Hardy and published by New York, Chicago, Fleming H. Revell Company. This book was released on 1895 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Rockwell Putnam
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230357553
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States written by George Rockwell Putnam and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... LIGHTHOUSES OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND OF ANTIQUITY The most famous lighthouse is the Eddystone, a sea-swept lighthouse off the south coast of England, fourteen miles from Plymouth.' Four successive towers have been built on this ledge, the first three by private enterprise. Each has been a work of great difficulty, as the rock is submerged at high tide and lies in an exposed position. The first tower, built of timber and of rather fantastic design, was completed in 1699, after four years of work; during the first year all that was accomplished was drilling twelve holes in the rock and fastening irons in them. In 1697, during the progress of this work, Winstanley, the designer, and his men were taken off the rock by a French privateer, but the story is that their release was ordered by Louis XIV, who remarked that he was at war with England, but not with humanity. Winstanley was so confident of the lighthouse that he had wished to be in it "in the greatest storm that ever blew under the face of heaven." In November, 1703, he went to the tower with workmen to make some repairs; a great storm on November 26 completely demolished the lighthouse and Winstanley and the keepers and workmen perished. The need of a lighthouse on the Eddystone was soon proved by the wreck of a manof-war on the rock, and the loss of most of her crew. Another lighthouse of timber and of simple outline was finished in 1709, designed by Rudyerd, and stood until destroyed by fire in 1755. A lightship was placed off the rock the following year, and a tower built entirely of stone was commenced in 1756 and completed in 1759. Smeaton, the engineer, used, for the first time in a lighthouse, dovetailed joints for the stones, which averaged over one ton in weight. Owing to...