[Leica] Highlands PAW 22

[john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster)]

Thanks Douglas

john

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From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On 
Behalf Of Douglas Barry
Sent: 05 June 2019 19:14
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Highlands PAW 22

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
>