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To shine a light in the darkness

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 27 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A lot of history here - www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/inishtearaght....
    This may help with dating -
    " ... An aerial hoist on the rock over the south landing was erected during 1906-07. Incandescent apparatus using vaporised paraffin burnt in a mantle replaced the multi-wick oil burner in March 1909.
    ... "
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Only mention of a hoist, so 1906-1907 looks good, thank you.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    It looks like a fantastic but inhospitable place. In 2015 via William Glasgow Howe
    Click through to the large size to see the incline and platforms
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Inishtearaght (Inis Tiaracht) is one of the Blasket Islands and is probably the only Irish lighthouse that ordinary Joe Soaps like you and me will never get a glimpse of. This is a shame because it is one of the great lighthouses of the south-west of Ireland. But alas, it is a long way out, the lighthouse is on the far side of the island and no boats go out that far.
    It is of course, Ireland's most westerly lighthouse”

    irishlighthouses.blogspot.com/search?q=Inish+tearaght
  • Suck Diesel said:

    It’s remote!

Horse power from Campbell

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    A rather distant Streetview.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The lighthouse itself is from 1835, per the NIAH
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Wikipedia says: A bell was established at Roche's Point in 1864 to warn mariners in poor visibility. This was replaced by a siren fog signal on 1 December 1898. The fog signal changed again in 1949 when a diaphone was installed with a character of one two-second blast every thirty seconds. In 1995 when the lighthouse was automated an electric fog signal (ELG 300–04) replaced the diaphone. This electric fog signal was connected to a fog detector which activated the fog signal if visibility fell below three nautical miles. The electric fog signal had a range of four nautical miles. On 11 January 2011 the Commissioners of Irish Lights, despite much opposition, discontinued all Irish fog signals. This brought an end to a long era of fog signaling at Roche's Point. I think it is likely we are looking at the engine/compressor for the 1898 fog signal.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Sounds good to me.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here is a page about Campbell engines. The example on that page runs on "1.15 pounds of Russoline oil per hp per hour". Googling Russoline oil does not tell me much except that it was a Russian petroleum oil: The ordinary burning oils sold in Britain are American oils, Royal Daylight, Ordinary, Water White, and Tea Rose. The Russian oils are Russoline and Russian Lustre. The paraffin oils are Broxbourne Lighthouse, Young's paraffin oil, and similar oils by many other makers.

Let there be light!

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