The Lighthouse Stevensons - Bella Bathurst [140]
design 162-3
difficulties in building 152
finishing and furnishing of tower 178
fire in 1950s 146
and keepers 179, 251
and lenses 178, 185, 187, 191
ordeal of weather 164, 169, 170, 172
pleas sent to Commissioners for 148-9
preliminary arrangements 160-1, 163-4
preparation of foundation pit 168-70
preparatory construction work 164-5, 177
stone used 161-2, 164, 167-8
success 179
and Thomas Stevenson 188, 189, 190
Slight, Alexander 113, 155
Slight, James 113, 158
Smalls lighthouse 71
Smeaton, John 40, 62-3, 64, 70, 81, 163, 177
Smiles, Samuel 74-5, 101
Smith, Betsey 41-2
Smith, Mary Anne 42, 44-5
Smith, Thomas
appointed first engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Trust 20-1
background 18-19
character 18, 33
and Edinburgh society 33
family life 33-4
lamp-making and lighting design 19-20, 45
later years and death 119
lighthouse work 21-2, 24-5, 26-7, 32-3
partnership and relationship with Robert Stevenson xvii, 36-7, 41-2, 45-6
retirement 45, 86
Smith, Thomas (grandson) 125
Snipe (gun-brig) 3
Society of Engineers 135
Soliel 178
South Foreland lighthouse 221
Southey, Robert 69
Spink, James 85
Start Point lighthouse 49
Stephenson, George 115-16
Stevenson, Alan (uncle) xviii, 51
appointed Clerk of Works 158-9
appointed successor to father by NLB 183
and Ardnamurchan lighthouse 184-5
attributes xviii, 184, 216
character 123, 157, 185, 217
childhood and education 43, 119-20, 122-3
death 216
engineering apprenticeship 124-7, 154
father’s relationship with 123, 124, 154-6, 158, 163
final decline 215
and Fresnels 157
friendship with Wordsworth xviii, 172-4
ill-health 156-7, 195-7, 200-1, 209
and lenses 144, 157-8, 185-6
and lighthouse keepers 186, 239
lighthouse work 158, 159, 184, 195
love of travelling 155, 156
marriage and children 193-4
poetry and literary leanings 154, 155, 194, 201, 215-16
and religion 201-2, 215
resignation from NLB 200
Skerryvore lighthouse xviii, 152, 159-79, 187, 216
appointed Resident engineer 153, 154, 159-60
book on 183-4
praise for achievements 183
relationship with men 175
see also Skerryvore lighthouse
suffers from multiple sclerosis 196-7, 200-1, 215
Stevenson, Alan (great-grandfather) 17
Stevenson, Bob (Robert Alan Mowbray) (cousin) 194, 214, 215, 231
Stevenson, Bob (uncle) 44, 120, 122, 127
Stevenson, Charles (cousin) xx, 193, 214-15, 217, 232
Stevenson, D Alan 235
Stevenson, David (uncle) xviii-xix, 112, 120, 127-31, 212
appointment as Chief Engineer after Alan’s retirement xviii, 202
attributes and qualities xix, 191, 192, 232-3
Bell Rock account 128
construction of new road to Kintyre lighthouse 130-1
death 232
defining of course of marine engineering 191-2
engineering apprenticeship 129
and family business 171, 180
ill-health and retirement 232
involvement with Hutcheson and Stirling Bridges 129-30
journals 128
lighthouse work 217, 218-19, 219-20
marriage and children 193, 217
and Muckle Flugga lighthouse xix, 202-4, 233
retirement as Engineer for NLB 217-18
tour of America 192-3
Stevenson, David Alan (cousin) xx, 193, 214-15, 217, 232, 248
Stevenson, Elizabeth (nee Mackay) (David’s wife) 193, 217
Stevenson, Hugh 17
Stevenson, Jane (aunt) (later Warden) 44, 107, 126, 182, 193
Stevenson, Jean (grandmother) (nee Smith) 41, 42-3, 120, 175, 197
Stevenson, John 16
Stevenson, Katherine Elizabeth Alan (Alan’s daughter) see de Mattos, Katherine
Stevenson, Maggie (nee Balfour) (mother) 14, 193, 210, 211, 231
Stevenson, Margaret (nee Scott Jones) (Alan’s wife) 193, 194
Stevenson, Robert (grandfather) xiii, 24
Lighthouse and Engineering Career 50, 51, 116-17, 181-2
appointed Engineer to the Convention of Scottish Burghs 108, 113
appointed engineer to NLB 46
and apprentices 113-15, 129, 137, 194
apprenticeship 19, 35-6, 51
attributes 46-7, 51
- Bell Rock lighthouse xvii-xviii, 70-101
book on 100, 101, 106-8
campaign to sideline