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Mull of Galloway Lighthouse Webcam
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With views of the Mull of Galloway, cliffs, seabirds and treacherous seas this lighthouse webcam gives a picture of what life as a mariner is like. Streamdays client: Northern Lighthouse Board
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Gulls, gales and grandeur of cliff and sea that is unsurpassed - this is the Mull of Galloway. It's as far South as you can go in Scotland, without falling off the 260ft cliffs. This view from the lighthouse is as rugged and awe-inspiring as any.
Controlling the camera you can move through numerous views of the treacherous seas and cliffs as well as of the lantern room itself. Nightime brings views of the light sweeping anti-clockwise, flashing every 20 seconds.
Built in 1830 the lighthouse at first showed "intermittent" or "occulting" lights, where two opaque cylindrical shades were moved up or down so as to meet and obscure the light at fixed intervals, with periods of darkness longer than those of light. The cost of this lighthouse was between £8,000 and £9,000. The contractor responsible for the building was Brebner and Scott of Edinburgh.
In 1971 Mull of Galloway was converted to electric. It is a sealed-beam light, mounted on gearless revolving pedestal, which uses a low-voltage rotary mechanism which suits a wide range of power supplies. The lamp units are light, produce a good beam for a very low power input and being sealed in a vacuum these do not deteriorate or tarnish, but the main advantage of this system is that it is almost fully automatic. The lightkeeper visited the lightroom hourly until 10pm and then did not have to go near it until extinguishing time the next morning, unless summoned by the alarm bell. The lamps are mass produced and so economical and the apparatus is convenient to install and maintain. The cleaning of the lighthouse is much easier, with no lenses to polish and no machinery to oil.
The lighthouse has had an interesting past. During the Second World War on 8 June 1944 at 7.30pm a Beaufighter aircraft crashed into the lighthouse stores building. It was foggy at the time, and two men were killed as part of the roof of the store was blown off.
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse was demanned in 1988 and is now remotely monitored from 84 George Street, Edinburgh. It is open to the public in summer.
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