Account of tile Erect/ion cf' the Bell Rock Lighthouse, 27 
use of the works next season : in this, the upright shaft was to 
be retained in an erect position, by a weight acting on the op- 
posite end of the loaded beam, which was thus to be kept in 
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The light-house now began to make a considerable appear- 
ance upon the rock at low-water ; and the tides’- work, in mode- 
rate weather, extended to five or six hours, or an hour or two 
after the rock was under water. The beacon-house was now 
fully occupied as a barrack, smithy, and mortar-gallery ; and 
between this fabric and the rising walls of the light-house, a 
rope-ladder of communication was distended. , 
Sunday, the 20th of August 1809, was a remarkable day up- 
on the Bell-Rock, the entire 22d course of the building, consist- 
ing of 51 blocks, being this day laid ; after which, for the first 
time, prayers were read in the beacon-house, the whole workmen 
being assembled in one apartment, and two of them joining hands 
to form a desk to support the bible during service. On the 
25th of this month, the building operations were brought to a 
conclusion for the season. 
“ To-day,” says Mr Stevenson, the remainder of the Smea^ 
ton’s cargo was landed, and the artificers laid 45 stones, which 
completed the 24th course, reckoning above the first entire one, 
and the 26th above the rock, This finished the solid part of 
the building, and terminated the height of the outward casing 
of granite, which is 31 feet 6 inches above the rock or site of 
the foundation-stone, and about 17 feet above high-water of 
spring-tides.” 
At the commencement of the works in spring 1810, a great 
stock of prepared materials was in readiness at Arbroath, excel- 
lent sandstone having been procured from Milnefield Quarry, in 
the Frith of Tay. The stones for the cornice and light-house, 
which had been procured from Craigleith near Edinburgh, had, in 
like manner, been prepared, and were in readiness for shipping 
at Leith. It still, however, remained a matter of doubt, whe- 
ther it would be practicable to complete the light-house in all its 
compartments during this season. But," calculating, from the 
success of the two former years, while the work was low in the 
water, and when about 1400 tons of stone had been landed and 
built, it was reasonable to conclude that 700 tons of masonry 
