Reveals the contribution made by Scottish lighthouse technology when New Zealand governments built 8 major lighthouses during the period 1859-1941. It provides a comprehensive account of all New Zealand lighthouses, including details of the Scottish innovationsProvincial governments and the Marine Boards -- 'English' provincial lights -- The Otago and Southland lights -- The Balfour lighthouses -- Manukau and Napier Bluff lighthouses: the dory burners -- Cape Foulwind, Tory Channel and Moeraki -- 1875 'The six lighthouses' -- Timaru and Hokitika: incandescents and gas burners -- The new lightning rods -- The big lights and iron towers -- Mercury Baths: Cape Brett and Castlepoint
Southern lights : the Scottish contribution to New Zealand's lighthouses
2017
VIII, 280 Seiten , 24 cm
Bild
Englisch
Morrison-Low: Northern Lights: The age of Scottish lighthouses
Online Contents | 2012
|Scottish lighthouses : an illustrated history
SLUB | 2016
|Inland lighthouses for air voyagers; "pacific service" lights 44 beacons
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
|TIBKAT | 2006
|