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Old Photograph Auskerry Lighthouse Scotland
Old photograph of the lighthouse on Auskerry a small island in the eastern Orkney Islands, Scotland. Auskerry is located in the North Sea south of Stronsay. The lighthouse lights the north entrance to the Stronsay Firth. It was built in 1866 by engineers David and Thomas Stevenson. Thomas, born 22 July 1818, died 8 May 1887, was a pioneering Scottish lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology. His designs, celebrated as ground breaking, ushered in a new era of lighthouse creation. He served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, as president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was a co-founder of the Scottish Meteorological Society.
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