TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE, TODHEAD, KINNEFF, MONTROSE, SCOTLAND.

            TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF STONEHAVEN AND NORTH OF MONTROSE ON THE COASTAL ROAD ROUTE OF THE A92. IT IS CLEARLY SIGN POSTED AND EASILY SEEN FROM THE MAIN ROAD. A SMALL BUMPY ROAD TAKES YOU DOWN TO TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE.
THE HISTORY OF TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE DATES BACK TO THE 8 NOVEMBER 1894 WHEN THE BOARD OF TRADE AUTHORISED THE BUILDING OF A LIGHTHOUSE AND A FOG HORN AT TODHEAD. THE STEVENSON FAMILY OVERSAW THE BUILDING WORK AND THIS WAS BY DAVID A. STEVENSON WITH THE BUILDING WORK BEING UNDERTAKEN BY JOHN MITCHELL & SONS OF EDINBURGH. TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE WAS SWITCHED ON ON THE 20 DECEMBER 1897. THE 3,000,000 CANDLELIGHT POWER LIGHT HAD A RANGE OF 18 MILES AND FLASHED EVERY 30 SECONDS AND THERE ARE 48 STAIRS UP TO THE TOP OF TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE. THE FOGHORN WOULD SOUND DURING FOGGY NIGHTS AND WHEN THE SCOTTISH HAAR ROSE UNTIL 1987. THE FOG SIGNAL WAS FIRST USED ON THE 28 APRIL 1898.
FROM ITS EARLY DAYS UNTIL 1973 PARAFFIN VAPOUR WAS USED TO LIGHT TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE. ELECTRICITY WAS THEREAFTER USED AND TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE WAS AUTOMATED IN 1988 WITH A NEW ENGINE ROOM. 
BECAUSE TODHEAD LIGHTHOUSE IS A WAYPOINT NAVIGATION BETWEEN SCURDIE NESS LIGHTHOUSE IN MONTROSE AND GIRDLENESS LIGHTHOUSE IN ABERDEEN, IT WAS FINALLY DECOMMISSIONED ON THE 11 JULY 2007. 

   

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Taken on: November 10, 2017

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