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Muckle Roe Lighthouse.
May 1937
Muckle Roe lighthouse (built 1897). Workmen changing over light from paraffin to carbide light. Men are, Lt:-Rt:- Frankie Hunter, Andrew Garriock, unknown bending, Andrew Tait & Johnnie Johnson. Johnson was the lightkeeper. Garriock was from Lerwick, being a companion of the photographer. (In 1965 the light was changed from carbide to gas.). Machinery manufacturers' plate above door is for "NO LIGHTS OR SMOKING / IN OR NEAR THIS BUILDING / WM. MOYES & SON". It was dismantled 2001, and replaced with a solar-powered edifice.
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  • Rattar, J D
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