Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Cloch Lighthouse on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Firth Of Clyde. The Cloch Lighthouse was designed by Thomas Smith and his son in law Robert Stevenson. The building was completed in 1797. There appear to be two generations of keepers' houses, the older once used as stores and the more recent having crow stepped gables. The short circular-section tower has a corbelled walkway and triangular windows. The foghorns were added between 1895 and 1897. The light was built by John Clarkson, engineer; Kermack and Gall built the tower, while Smith and Stevenson installed the oil lantern which was first lit on 11 August 1797. The light was replaced in 1829 with an argand lamp and silvered reflector. About 1900, it was lit with acetylene. A radio beacon was installed about 1931. Today, the light is fully automated and unmanned. The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the West coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles. The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Kintyre peninsula, which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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