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Lighthouses (Shire Album)
Lynn F. Pearson
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Description for Lighthouses (Shire Album)
Paperback. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 48 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: AMG; HD; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 3. Weight in Grams: 150. New.
The story of the lighthouse is as fascinating and diverse as the design of the buildings themselves. Roman and medieval attempts to help seafarers navigate, using beacons and other seamarks, preceded elegant Georgian lights, followed in the nineteenth century by huge rock-based lighthouses such as Eddystone, which were great feats of Victorian civil engineering. This book relates the story of their construction, often undertaken in desperately dangerous and stormy conditions, looks at the lives of their keepers, and considers how automation has changed the modern lighthouse. A gazetteer gives brief details of over 160 lights around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Read more
The story of the lighthouse is as fascinating and diverse as the design of the buildings themselves. Roman and medieval attempts to help seafarers navigate, using beacons and other seamarks, preceded elegant Georgian lights, followed in the nineteenth century by huge rock-based lighthouses such as Eddystone, which were great feats of Victorian civil engineering. This book relates the story of their construction, often undertaken in desperately dangerous and stormy conditions, looks at the lives of their keepers, and considers how automation has changed the modern lighthouse. A gazetteer gives brief details of over 160 lights around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Shire Album S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747805564
SKU
9780747805564
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About Lynn F. Pearson
Lynn F. Pearson is an achitectural historian and photographer specialising in research on uneralded structures from seaside architecture to multi-storey car parks and mausleums. She has published fourteen books including three Shire Albums
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