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Managing Organization:
Clydeport
Website: http://www.clydeport.co.uk
Tower Height: 36
Height of Focal Plane: 92
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 6 seconds.
Description of Tower: White tower.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1757: 28-foot cylindrical stone tower (still standing; lantern removed); 1793: cylindrical stone tower, still standing (see separate entry).
Date Established: 1757
Date Present Tower Built: 1997
Fog Signal: 1865: Daboll fog horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Keepers: Peter Montgomerie (1757), Thomas Fairie (1757), David Pollock (1758-1778), ? Pollock (David's son) (1778-?), ? Pollock (David's daughter-in-law), James Wallace (c. 1893). Alex Urquhart (died in service September 29, 1946).
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