Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely to see, very glad it wasn't broken up and sold in an auction house. On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 5:04 AM John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote: > Had a visit to the Wick Heritage Centre, been there before and had seen > the lighthouse but this trip was different..... > > We happened to be there as a volunteer was, he asked us if we would like > to look inside (there is a locked barrier). Then he said that he had > worked at this lighthouse (Noss Head) in the mid-70s. It is a unique item > as far as they know, it would have been scrapped if someone had not had the > foresight to save it. There is 3.5 tons of glass and brass made in Paris, > the unusual bit is having mirrors over the light. In the fourth picture > you see the centre, the light was lit with whale oil (stored in that tank) > until the early 70s when it was converted to paraffin - one tank lasted a > couple of days. I asked how the light was turned, obviously there had been > no electricity to it. The mechanism to rotate the light (which is so well > balanced that you can turn it with little effort) was a bit like a > grandfather clock with weights, but they needed to be rewound every 30 > minutes! > > https://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2019/22 > > All with M(240) and 35mm Summilux FLE > > C & C welcome > > john > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com