COLLECTION NAME: MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE
OBJECT DETAILS
Object ID: ML005
Description: GIRDLENESS LIGHTHOUSE ABERDEEN SCOTLAND
Date Made: C1900
Artist/Maker: -
Place Made: -
Materials: GLASS SLIDE
Measurements: 3.5" x 3.5"
Parts:PHOTOGRAPHY
Gallery Location: Not Currently On Display
People/Provenance: Northern Lighthouse Board
Description: GIRDLENESS LIGHTHOUSE ABERDEEN SCOTLAND
Date Made: C1900
Artist/Maker: -
Place Made: -
Materials: GLASS SLIDE
Measurements: 3.5" x 3.5"
Parts:PHOTOGRAPHY
Gallery Location: Not Currently On Display
People/Provenance: Northern Lighthouse Board
Credit: Following The Lights Collection
View of Girdle Ness Lighthouse Aberdeen.
FACT SHEET
The lighthouse was first established in 1833 being designed by Robert Stevenson. A local construction company was employed to build the lighthouse. The light can be seen for 22 nautical miles. Originally the lighthouse with its unusual design of two galleries had lights positioned on both.
Today only the top gallery is illuminated. With 182 stairs to the top it is nice to have the first gallery to explore on the way to the top! The inside of the tower at each gallery is decorated with ornate panels. There are a range of ideas of what the symbols mean. One topic of conversation is that they represent the Trades including, Stone Masons, Carpenters etc. This being represented in the designs to the panels. However there doesn't seem to be any clear evidences or documentation of this.
The lighthouse was first established in 1833 being designed by Robert Stevenson. A local construction company was employed to build the lighthouse. The light can be seen for 22 nautical miles. Originally the lighthouse with its unusual design of two galleries had lights positioned on both.
Today only the top gallery is illuminated. With 182 stairs to the top it is nice to have the first gallery to explore on the way to the top! The inside of the tower at each gallery is decorated with ornate panels. There are a range of ideas of what the symbols mean. One topic of conversation is that they represent the Trades including, Stone Masons, Carpenters etc. This being represented in the designs to the panels. However there doesn't seem to be any clear evidences or documentation of this.
Ornate Panels on Girdle Ness Lighthouse. Logo of NLB can be seen in the panel on the right.
