Old Photograph Lighthouse Ailsa Craig Scotland

Old photograph of the lighthouse on Ailsa Craig, an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was completed in 1886, the construction being overseen by Thomas and David Stevenson. Initially, the lighthouse used oil burning lamps, but by 1911, these were replaced with incandescent lighting. Fog signals were discontinued in 1987. Then, in 1990, the lighthouse was automated, and a refurbishment took place in 2001, when it was converted to run on solar power.



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