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1854 In Scotland
Events from the year 1854 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – James Moncreiff * Solicitor General for Scotland – James Craufurd Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Colonsay * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glencorse Events * 1 January – Victoria Bridge, Glasgow, opened over the River Clyde at Stockwell Street, replacing the Bishop's Bridge. * July – first voyage by a seagoing steamship fitted with a compound steam engine, the screw steamer ''Brandon'', built on the River Clyde by John Elder. * 10 August – Merchant Shipping Act 1854 vests management of Scottish lighthouses in the Northern Lighthouse Board (among other provisions). * 15 September – new North Ronaldsay lighthouse, designed by Alan Stevenson, first illuminated. * 20 September – Aberdeen Kittybrewster railway station opened to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith. * 11 October – temporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elder (shipbuilder)
John Elder (8 March 1824 – 17 September 1869) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder. He was born at Glasgow on 8 March 1824. His family was connected with Kinross, where, for several generations, his forefathers had followed the occupation of wrights, for which they seemed to have a special aptitude. He followed his father in constructing marine steam engines and in 1854 established the compound engine as its most efficient form, which made the use of steamships more competitive than sail (also see Maritime history#Age of Steam). He took out numerous patents and expanded the business to employ thousands of workers. Education and apprenticeship He was born in 1824 the son of David Elder and his wife, Grace Gilroy. John's father, David Elder (1785–1866), was a civil engineer who settled in Glasgow, and entered the shipbuilding firm of Mr. Robert Napier, the well-known shipbuilder, under whom, in 1822, he constructed the first marine engine, which was fitted up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muckle Flugga
Muckle Flugga () is a small rocky island north of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the most northerly hill in Scotland and is often described as the northernmost point of the British Isles, but the smaller islet of Out Stack is actually further north. It used to be the northernmost inhabited island, but forfeited that accolade to Unst when Muckle Flugga Lighthouse was automated in 1995 and the last residents moved out. Muckle Flugga and neighbouring Little Flugga take their names from the Old Norse ', meaning "cliff island". The larger island's name has frequently appeared on lists of unusual place-names. According to local folklore, Muckle Flugga and nearby Out Stack were formed when two giants, Herman and Saxa, fell in love with the same mermaid. They fought over her by throwing large rocks at each other, one of which became Muckle Flugga. To get rid of them, the mermaid offered to marry whichever one would follow her to the North Pole The North Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse
Muckle Flugga lighthouse punctuates the rocky stack of Muckle Flugga, in Shetland, Scotland. Originally called North Unst Lighthouse, it was renamed in 1964. The brothers Thomas and David Stevenson designed and built the lighthouse in 1854, originally to protect ships during the Crimean War. First lit on 1 January 1858, it stands high, has 103 steps to the top, and is Britain's most northerly lighthouse. The light beam flashes white every 20 seconds, with a nominal range of 22 nautical miles (41km). In March 1995 it was fully automated. Thomas's son Robert Louis Stevenson, the writer, visited it as a young man (on 18 June 1869). As a result, Unst became his inspiration for the map of "Treasure Island". The lighthouse was served by the ''Grace Darling'' which was launched from the boat house below the lighthouse shore station in Burrafirth. Supplies were winched up by the blondin cable hoist to the courtyard, from the boat in a natural cleft of the rocks that provides a degr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11 October
Events Pre-1600 *1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. * 1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars. *1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311. 1601–1900 *1614 – The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States. *1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. *1649 – Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians. *1776 – American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. *1797 – The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars. *1811 – The ''Juliana'' begins ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Railway Station
Keith railway station is a railway station serving the town of Keith, Moray, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, between Huntly and Elgin, measured from Aberdeen, or from Forres. History The station was originally owned by the Highland Railway and was known as Keith Junction, the line from the west having opened by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway in 1858 and becoming part of the Highland Railway in 1865. It was the point where the line from made an end-on junction with the Great North of Scotland Railway from Aberdeen (which opened in 1856) to enable exchange of goods and passengers. As built, it was located in the vee of the routes to Inverness and to (which diverges to the southwest here) and had four platforms - one through one for each route, plus two east facing bays for GNSR services. It was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping and then became part of the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great North Of Scotland Railway
The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating in the north-east of the country. Formed in 1845, it carried its first passengers the from Kittybrewster, in Aberdeen, to Huntly on 20 September 1854. By 1867 it owned of line and operated over a further . The early expansion was followed by a period of forced economy, but in the 1880s the railway was refurbished, express services began to run and by the end of that decade there was a suburban service in Aberdeen. The railway operated its main line between Aberdeen and and two routes west to , connections could be made at both Keith and Elgin for Highland Railway services to Inverness. There were other junctions with the Highland Railway at and , and at Aberdeen connections for journeys south over the Caledonian Railway, Caledonian and North British Railways. Its eventual area encompassed the three Scottish counties of Aber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen Kittybrewster Railway Station
Aberdeen Kittybrewster station opened on 20 September 1854 to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith. It closed to passengers in 1856 once opened and (on the link to the Aberdeen Railway The Aberdeen Railway was a Scottish railway company which built a line from Aberdeen to Forfar and Arbroath, partly by leasing and upgrading an existing railway. The line opened in stages between 1847 and 1850, with branches to Brechin and M .... The track remains in use as a freight siding for the docks. The station was south of the junction between the main line and the branch line to the docks, near where the A96 Powis Terrace now crosses the line. References Notes Sources * * * {{Jowett-Atlas Disused railway stations in Aberdeen Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1856 1854 establishments in Scotland 1856 disestablishments in Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20 September
Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. *1260 – The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights. *1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism. * 1498 – The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in; it has been located outside ever since. *1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe. *1586 – A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered. 1601–1900 *1602 – The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Stevenson
Alan Stevenson FRSE MInstCE (28 April 1807 – 23 December 1865) was a Scottish civil engineer, known for designing and building lighthouses in and around Scotland. Life Alan Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on 28 April 1807, the eldest son of Jean Smith and her husband (and step-brother) Robert Stevenson. With his father, and brothers David and Thomas, he was part of the notable family of Engineers and lighthouse builders. The writer Robert Louis Stevenson was his nephew. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh. In 1821, he attended the University of Edinburgh to study Latin, Greek and mathematics with a view to becoming a member of the clergy. However, 2 years later in 1823, he decided to pursue a career in engineering and began a four-year apprenticeship at his father's business. Between 1843 and 1853 he built 13 lighthouses in and around Scotland. Among his notable works is the Skerryvore Lighthouse. He was Engineer in Chief to the Northern Lighthouse Board fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Ronaldsay
North Ronaldsay (, also , ) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area of , it is the fourteenth-largest.Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 334 It is mentioned in the ''Orkneyinga saga''; in modern times it is known for its historic lighthouse, migratory bird life and unusual breed of sheep. Name The name comes from the Norse ''Rinansey'', meaning the island of St Ninian. By the 1300s the name was being confused with ''Rognvaldsey'', the island of St Ronald, in the south of Orkney that they were named North Ronaldsay and South Ronaldsay to distinguish them from the other. Geography North Ronaldsay lies around north of its nearest neighbour, Sanday, at . It is around long and is defined by two large sandy bays; Linklet Bay on the eastern shoreline and South Bay at the south. The west of the island is very rocky, with many skerries. North Ronaldsay is low-lying and exposed; its climate is extremely changeable and frequently inclement. The surroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 September
Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes, Bishop of Nantes. *1530 – Appearance of the miraculous portrait of ''Saint Dominic in Soriano'' in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church 1644–1912. *1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V returns to Spain. 1601–1900 *1762 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill. *1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Landing at Kip's Bay, Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign. *1789 – The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the United States Department of State, Departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
