Lighthouse Cliff
by Jennifer Robin
Title
Lighthouse Cliff
Artist
Jennifer Robin
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital
Description
mar 27 11- 188 Black Head Lighthouse in County Clare. Blackhead Lighthouse was erected in 1901. It was designed by William Douglass and was originally painted red, though in 1929 this was changed to white. The lighthouse has been used by many a ship or vessel sailing on the open waters of the North Shore, Belfast Lough. The light beamed out to sea by the intense lamp would protect and guide ships up or down the Lough (including, amongst many others, the tragic Titanic!) To this day the Lighthouse is still in operation (though it has been an automatic, unwatched light since 1975) and it still remains as a powerful navigation aid. The fog signal was discontinued in 1972. Since 1975 there have been no Light keepers on site. This does however mean that the public can now rent out the picturesque Light keepers Houses. The houses contain interesting pieces of lighthouse life. This includes the fascinating whistle pipe system. This would have been used to wake up the next man on watch for the Lighthouse. There's also the feature of a tunnel which would have been used by the watchmen to travel between the rooms when the weather was adverse conditions. http://www.yelp.com/biz/blackhead-lighthouse-whitehead
Uploaded
April 14th, 2015
Statistics
Viewed 330 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/18/2024 at 7:09 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments
There are no comments for Lighthouse Cliff. Click here to post the first comment.