Editing Bressay Lighthouse

{{Short description|Lighthouse in Shetland, Scotland}}
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'''Bressay Lighthouse''' is in the [[Shetland Islands]], Scotland, {{convert|4|km}} south-east of [[Lerwick]]. It is located on the island of [[Bressay]] at Kirkabister Ness overlooking Bressay Sound.<ref>{{Cite rowlett|sht|accessdate=2016-05-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Bressay/ Bressay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190221/http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Bressay/ |date=4 March 2016 }} Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 28 May 2016</ref>

==History==
Bressay Lighthouse was one of four lighthouses built in Shetland between 1854 and 1858 which were designed by brothers [[David Stevenson (engineer)|David Stevenson]] and [[Thomas Stevenson]]. David Stevenson initially maintained that building a lighthouse in Shetland waters was impossible, too dangerous and too expensive, and that any ship's captain who took this route was mad.

The shore station was purchased by the [[Shetland Amenity Trust]] in 1995 and has been converted into a Marine Heritage Centre. The fog signal was discontinued in the 1980s. The notable red horn was removed, however, the building that housed the siren is still in place and now houses a radar mast, and the five pressurised air tanks are still in place. The 16m lighthouse itself is inactive and closed to the public, its warning light was replaced in 2012 by an automatic 10-mile LED light which flashes twice, every 20 seconds.

The two assistant lighthouse keepers' cottages are available for short term rental, the principal keeper's cottage is let on a longer-term basis.

==See also==
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* [[List of lighthouses in Scotland]]
* [[List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Main/ Northern Lighthouse Board]

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[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1858]]
[[Category:Category B listed buildings in Shetland]]
[[Category:Lighthouses in Shetland]]
[[Category:Category B listed lighthouses]]
[[Category:Bressay]]


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