Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful engineering, well captured, John. I well remember being on a tour of Mizen Head lighthouse in West Cork back when I was about ten years of age, and being very impressed with the intricate glasswork at the time. It had only opened a couple of years earlier and we were lucky to get the tour thanks to one of our neighbours in Dublin, a Mr. Martin, who happened to be the Commissioner for Irish Lights who managed all the lighthouses, lightships, and navigation buoys around Ireland both north and south. Douglas On 04/06/2019 11:04, John McMaster 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 >