NJ9967 : Clockwork to rotate lens system, Kinnaird Head lighthouse
taken 17 years ago, near to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Clockwork to rotate lens system, Kinnaird Head lighthouse
If it looks like a church clock, that's because it came from a maker of church clocks. The lighthouse keeper had to climb the stairs and wind up the turning mechanism, and also had to carry up paraffin to burn in the lamp. This mechanism is in the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse which can be visited with a guide as part of a visit to the Scottish Lighthouse Museum. See NJ9967 : Scottish Lighthouse Museum, Fraserburgh.
There was a short-lived University in Fraserburgh at the start of the 17th century. A commemorative plaque is said to be on the wall of the Alexandra Hotel at the corner of Denmark Street with the High Street NJ994671. A photo of the hotel/plaque would be of interest.