Scurdie Ness Lighthouse A3220 ; NGA2636 ; ARLHS SCO-205

File information Album name: arnosi51 / Scotland Rating (5 votes): (Show details) Current status (active, not active, museum etc): active Construction details (year of built, shape etc): 1870, White tower Height of the tower, m: 38 Focal plane elevation above sea level, m: 39 Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): FlashingContinue reading “Scurdie Ness Lighthouse A3220 ; NGA2636 ; ARLHS SCO-205”

HARLAND & WOLFF Shipyard – c1909

Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831–95) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913, in the UK from age 14). In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on Queen’s Island from his employer Robert Hickson. Harland & Wolff’s Belfast drawing offices early in the 20th centuryAfter buying Hickson’sContinue reading “HARLAND & WOLFF Shipyard – c1909”

USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy in 1910, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, Oklahoma served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys on their way across theContinue reading “USS Oklahoma (BB-37)”