Pixley, Thomas William, 1787-1869 (Ship captain)

Content Description This is the lighthouse journal of Captain Thomas Pixley, an Elder of Trinity House (the official authority for lighthouses in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar) recounting three years travelling through the inland waters of the British Isles inspecting lighthouses and lightships, twice journeying through Scottish water in the company of the preeminent engineers and lighthouse builders, David and Alan Stevenson.In the volume there are eight vignettes of lighthouse and...