Scope and Contents

Contains:

Draft specifications of and vessels for Skerryvore Lighthouse, 1838, 1839, 1846.

Contracts for vessels for Skerryvore Lighthouse, 1838, 1840.

Report to the Skerryvore Committee, 1844.

Note concerning Hynish harbour, 1843.

Letter concerning light on Skerryvore, 1835.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...

Scope and Contents Contains:Letter from T C Watson to Thomas Stevenson, relating to W Bush’s proposals to place a beacon on Goodwin sands, 1843."Gordon Controversy"; Copies of letters passing between Alan Stevenson, Thomas Aston, Alan Cunningham and Alexander Gordon concerning the invention of the Dioptric apparatus, 1849.Letter from Archibald Geikie to Charles A Stevenson relating to the nature of Skerryvore Rock and listing papers concerning Scottish earthquakes, 1881....

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...