Lighthouses

by Lynn F Pearson

1st April, 2003

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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 desparately 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. Lynn F. Pearson is an architectural historian and photographer specializing in research on unheralded structures from seaside architecture to multi-story car parks and mausoleums. She has published fourteen books, including: Piers and Other Seaside Architecture, Amusement Machines, and Mausoleums.

Details & Specs

Series: Shire album

Author: Lynn F Pearson

Publisher: Shire

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780747805564

Publication Date: 1st April, 2003

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 210 x 151 x 3 mm

Notes: ill. (chiefly col.)

Availability: Available, usually dispatched within 4 days

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