A signal station was established on the cliffs before 1820 and the facilities were shared by Trinity House and Her Majesty's Coastguard. The Northern Lighthouse Board recommended the building of a lighthouse at St Abb's Head after the sinking of the Martello on Carr Rock in 1857. The lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and assisted navigation before and after sight of the Bell Rock and Isle of May lights disappeared from view. The light began service on 24 February 1862 and initially used oil to generate its light, it was converted to incandescent power in 1906 and to electricity in 1966 and finally automated in 1993. Before automation the lighthouse was staffed by three full-time keepers whose duties included keeping detailed weather records. The lighthouse has two km of single-track tarmaced road leading to it from the main road near St Abbs village, however it is suggested by the National Trust for Scotland that it is only used by disabled visitors, and there is limited parking. Visitors can walk to the Head where the lighthouse's buildings, though still in good repair, are not open to the public. A foghorn was established at the Head in 1876, being the first audible fog signal in Scotland. The original foghorn was driven by hot air engines before being replaced by oil driven ones in 1911 and then by diesel engines in December 1955. The fog signal was discontinued in 1987 although the horn is still in place and can be reached at the edge of the cliffs by a railed path from the lighthouse.[3][4]
head, lighthouse, stands, cliffs, rocky, promontory, head, near, village, abbs, berwickshire, abbs, head, lighthousethe, lighthouse, foghornlocationst, headberwickshirescotlandunited, kingdomos, gridnt9142569243coordinates55, 916083, 138611, 916083, 138611towe. St Abb s Head Lighthouse stands on the cliffs at the rocky promontory of St Abb s Head near the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire St Abbs Head LighthouseThe lighthouse and foghornLocationSt Abb s HeadBerwickshireScotlandUnited KingdomOS gridNT9142569243Coordinates55 54 57 9 N 2 08 19 0 W 55 916083 N 2 138611 W 55 916083 2 138611TowerConstructed1862Built byAlan Stevenson David Stevenson Constructionmasonry buildingAutomated1993Height9 metres 30 ft Shapelantern on the roof of a 1 storey service buildingMarkingswhite building black lanternPower sourcemains electricity OperatorNational Trust for Scotland 1 2 Heritagecategory B listed building RaconT LightFocal height68 metres 223 ft Intensity3 000 000 candelaRange26 nautical miles 48 km 30 mi CharacteristicFl W 10s A signal station was established on the cliffs before 1820 and the facilities were shared by Trinity House and Her Majesty s Coastguard The Northern Lighthouse Board recommended the building of a lighthouse at St Abb s Head after the sinking of the Martello on Carr Rock in 1857 The lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and assisted navigation before and after sight of the Bell Rock and Isle of May lights disappeared from view The light began service on 24 February 1862 and initially used oil to generate its light it was converted to incandescent power in 1906 and to electricity in 1966 and finally automated in 1993 Before automation the lighthouse was staffed by three full time keepers whose duties included keeping detailed weather records The lighthouse has two km of single track tarmaced road leading to it from the main road near St Abbs village however it is suggested by the National Trust for Scotland that it is only used by disabled visitors and there is limited parking Visitors can walk to the Head where the lighthouse s buildings though still in good repair are not open to the public A foghorn was established at the Head in 1876 being the first audible fog signal in Scotland The original foghorn was driven by hot air engines before being replaced by oil driven ones in 1911 and then by diesel engines in December 1955 The fog signal was discontinued in 1987 although the horn is still in place and can be reached at the edge of the cliffs by a railed path from the lighthouse 3 4 See also edit nbsp Scotland portal nbsp Engineering portalList of lighthouses in Scotland List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthousesReferences edit Rowlett Russ Lighthouses of Southeastern Scotland The Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Retrieved 12 May 2016 St Abbs Head Northern Lighthouse Board Retrieved 12 May 2016 Northern Lighthouse Board Archived 30 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Gives details of Lighthouse National Trust for Scotland Information leaflet on St Abbs Head Gives general information on the Head External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Abbs Lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board St Abbs Head Lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board nbsp This European lighthouse related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Abb 27s Head Lighthouse amp oldid 1185750182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
