Chapter XXX: Appendix: , No. VI

ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENSE OF ERECTING THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE AND OF THE SUBSIDIARY WORKS.

ESTABLISHMENT AT HYNISH.

Wages of the different workmen quarrying
and dressing the stones, and building
the dwelling-houses, barracks,
storehouses, inclosure and subdivision
dykes, draining and trenching the
ground, &c., at Hynish, and the wages of
joiners preparing and fitting up the
joiner work, £2996 7 7

Timber, pavement, bricks, ironmongery,
glass, &c., &c., used in the erections, 1376 16 9¹⁄₂

Slater, plaster, and plumber work of
the houses, 436 1 0

Paid the tenant of Hynish for a barn
which was used as a barrack to
accommodate the workmen when they first
landed at Tyree, 13 0 0
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£4822 5 4¹⁄₂

NOTE.--Although these buildings had been erected for
the purposes of the works, yet the greater part of them
were designed to serve as part of the permanent
accommodation required at Tyree in connection with the
Lighthouse Establishment, and have accordingly been so
applied.

ROCK BARRACK, No. 1.

Cost of the barrack on the Rock, which
was destroyed, including the
contractor’s account for extra work,
&c., £742 17 7

Lead for running up the bats and for
other purposes about the barrack, 14 11 6¹⁄₂

A smith’s forge, bellows, anvil, and
smith’s tools used at Rock in erecting
the barrack, 32 19 1¹⁄₄
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790 8 2³⁄₄

ROCK BARRACK, No. 2.

Cost of the carpenter and joiner work
on the second barrack, the expense of
fitting and erecting it at Greenock,
the wages of four joiners and a smith,
furnished by the contractor to assist
in its erection at Skerryvore,
including sundry other minor charges, £911 14 4

Cost of the iron-work of the barrack, 369 11 8

Lead for running up the bats and
protecting the timber of cooking
apartment, &c., 29 11 10

Cooking apparatus for the cook-room of
barrack, sheet-iron smoke tube, cooking
utensils, &c., 54 16 6

Bedding for beds of barrack, 90 9 1

Expense of upholding and making sundry
small repairs on the barrack since its
erection, 22 18 6¹⁄₂
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1479 1 11¹⁄₂

Cost of the furniture, bedding, and
other utensils required for the
dwelling-houses, barracks, &c.,
connected with the different
establishments of the works, 830 19 2

ESTABLISHMENT AT NORTH BAY.

Wages of the quarriers, masons,
joiners, &c., quarrying stones,
building the barracks, storehouses,
&c., &c., and fitting up the joiner
work, £378 11 9

Timber and other furnishings for the
erections, the expense of making the
doors and windows, including
furnishings required for erecting the
habitable part of Skerryvore Barrack at
North Bay as a temporary accommodation
for the workmen, and sundry other
charges, 361 4 7

Sundry furnishings--such as utensils
for provision store, smithy, &c., 13 2 5
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752 18 9

QUARRIES AT NORTH BAY.

Cost of rails and timber for railway
and timber, &c., for shipping-pier at
North Bay, £131 5 1

Wages of workmen who were employed at
quarries in North Bay, quarrying the
lighthouse blocks, constructing the
pier, railway, &c., 1752 5 3
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1883 10 4

TEMPORARY WHARF AND RAILWAY AT THE SKERRYVORE ROCK.

Cost of timber used in the wharf and
railway at the Skerryvore Rock, £103 18 6

Iron bats, bolts, &c., for fastening
the timber, rails for railway, and
sundry furnishings connected with an
apparatus for blasting under water, 119 7 6

Wages of the workmen constructing the
railway, fastening the timber of wharf,
&c., 34 10 5
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257 16 5

EXCAVATION AT ROCK AND PLATFORM, &c.

Wages of the workmen excavating the
foundation for the Lighthouse Tower, on
the Skerryvore Rock, £609 2 3¹⁄₂

A portable forge, and other smith’s
tools, used at the rock for this work, 21 15 10

Wages of the workmen excavating the
site of a platform at the workyard in
Hynish, and quarrying and dressing
stones for sill of platform, £107 16 5

Cost of freestone from Garscube Quarry,
Glasgow, for part of the sill of
platform, 24 14 0
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763 8 6¹⁄₂

DRESSING LIGHTHOUSE BLOCKS.

Wages of masons, including the
assistance of labourers, carters, &c.,
in dressing the blocks for the
Lighthouse Tower at Hynish, £8589 8 7¹⁄₂

Timber for moulds of the various
blocks, and the joiners’ wages making
the moulds, 384 18 10

Timber, &c., and wages of joiners in
erecting sheds for the masons, 955 4 5
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9929 11 10¹⁄₂

Expense of victualling the workmen and
others who were employed at the rock
during the operation of the whole
works, 1503 18 6

IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS FOR MASONS, SMITHS, &c.

Amount paid to sundry persons for the
implements and tools used by the
workmen in all the departments of the
works, £1176 9 6¹⁄₂

Wages of the smiths and their hammermen
keeping these tools in repair and
making others, 908 16 5
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2085 5 11¹⁄₂

MACHINERY FOR THE WORKS AT THE ROCK, HYNISH, AND NORTH BAY.

Cost of cranes, crabs, winches, trucks,
iron blocks, chains, rope-guys, &c.,
with sundry other furnishings connected
with these articles, £1516 9 5

1 Woolwich or sling-cart, a janker for
wood, and four jack-screws, 89 6 4

Large balance crane used in building
the Lighthouse Tower, 533 10 0¹⁄₂

Hoisting beams or needles, and a pair
of strong sheer-poles, used in building
the Lighthouse Tower, 42 11 2
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2181 16 11¹⁄₂

CARTAGE ACCOUNT.

Cost of 3 large draught horses and a
pony, for the use of the works, £127 9 10¹⁄₂

Carts and stable utensils, 65 14 2¹⁄₂

Harness and other furniture, and
keeping them in repair, 52 2 3¹⁄₂

Provender for the horses for seven
years, 858 14 8
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1104 1 0¹⁄₂

MORTAR ACCOUNT.

Cost of the lime which was used for all
the departments of the works, £331 9 8

Pozzolano which was used for the
building of the Lighthouse Tower,
excepting a small portion for the works
of the harbour or dock, 376 16 4

Mastic, cements, and stucco, 39 6 10

Wages of labourers grinding and sifting
Pozzolano at Hynish, and burning and
sifting a portion of the lime, 121 18 8

Packages to contain Pozzolano, to
prevent its admixture with other cargo
when on board ship, 20 0 1
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889 11 7

SIGNAL TOWER AT HYNISH.

Expense of quarrying, dressing, and
building the stones, and executing the
joiner work of the Signal Tower at
Hynish, £370 13 2

Pavement and bricks for the interior, 32 13 1

Cast-iron floor, with lintels and sole
plates for windows, and cast-iron
supports for do., 110 13 4

Timber for joisting of floors, lining
of walls and windows, including the
glazing of them, a wooden trap,
flag-pole, and other furnishings for
interior, 284 9 0

Plumber work of roof, 35 9 6

A 5 feet achromatic telescope, with
stand, &c., for Signal Tower, 35 10 0

Cost of a code of signals, flags,
return books, and other furnishings, 11 10 6
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880 18 7

LIGHTS ACCOUNT.

Expense of the apparatus required for
the lights at the Pier and Signal Tower
at Hynish, including fitting up, &c., £66 7 0

Cost of oil and other requisites for
upholding these lights, 136 5 8

Salary of the Lightkeepers, &c., 131 11 7
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334 4 3

“SKERRYVORE” STEAMER.

First cost and complete outfit of the
steamer Skerryvore, £5930 0 11

Alteration on the engines, by raising
the shafts, &c., 423 5 0

Repairs on the hull and engines, on
various occasions, during the progress
of the works, 1057 4 2

Sailing expenses (exclusive of the cost
of coals supplied when the steamer was
at Hynish), and sundry other minor
charges, 5538 10 11¹⁄₄
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12,949 1 0¹⁄₄

“QUEEN” TENDER.

First cost and complete outfit of the
“Queen” Tender, £935 13 3

Sailing expenses and other charges, 1010 7 9

Repairs on the hull, rigging, sails,
&c., 77 12 8¹⁄₄
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2023 13 8¹⁄₄

STONE LIGHTERS

First cost and outfit of four lighters
for transporting the Lighthouse blocks,
&c., from Hynish to the Skerryvore Rock, £1666 15 6¹⁄₂

Hawsers for towing, mooring-ropes,
heaving-lines, &c., used in the course
of transporting the stones to the Rock, 249 1 6

Upholding the lighters in repair, and
sundry other charges, 178 9 9¹⁄₂

Expense transporting the lighters on
various occasions to different places, 58 15 10

Expense shifting and attending upon the
lighters when lying at Leith, and
advertising them for sale, 19 9 10¹⁄₂
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2172 12 6¹⁄₂

MOORINGS.

Cost of the buoys for mooring the
vessels belonging to the works in
Hynish Bay, and at the Rock, when lying
there, £240 1 3

Cast-iron mushroom anchors for mooring
the buoys, 118 7 4

Wrought-iron common anchors, grapnels,
&c., for mooring the vessels, warping,
kedging, &c., 48 16 1

Chains and shackles for do., &c., 354 2 7

Upholding and keeping in repair the
buoys, 4 17 1
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766 4 4

BOATS AND ATTENDANCE.

Cost of 8 boats, with oars, sails,
tackling, &c., £207 19 11¹⁄₂

Upholding these boats in repair, 28 13 9

Amount paid for the use of boats and
their crews assisting to discharge
cargoes from vessels previous to the
pier being built, 119 6 0
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355 19 8¹⁄₂

Amount paid the owners of hired
vessels, as freights of the Lighthouse
blocks from the quarries at North Bay,
in Mull, to the workyard at Hynish, 1300 14 8¹⁄₂

FREIGHT AND SAILING EXPENSES.

Freights and other charges paid the
owners of hired vessels, vessels, for
the materials which were imported for
the use of various departments of the
works, exclusive of the Lighthouse
blocks from North Bay, 4045 9 7¹⁄₂

Wages of labourers, &c., discharging
the cargoes from the vessels at the
Pier at Hynish, and the wages of
workmen quarrying stones for ballast,
and putting it on board the vessels, 933 12 10

Amount paid for travelling expenses,
and other charges connected with the
transport of the workmen, including the
expenses of the Officers, &c.,
travelling on the business of the works, 1711 11 2

Cost of the coals supplied to the
steamer “Skerryvore,” when plying
between the Skerryvore Rock, Hynish,
&c., for the household purposes of the
different departments of the works, and
also for the smith’s forge, 1463 0 7¹⁄₂

Cost of the blasting powder used for
the purpose of quarrying stones,
excavating rocks, &c. 375 14 2¹⁄₂

LIGHTHOUSE TOWER.

Wages of the workmen who were engaged
at Skerryvore Rock in building the
Tower, and shipping the materials at
Hynish for Rock, including the wages of
masons, &c., assisting the other
tradesmen in the respective departments
of their work, after the completion of
the building operations, £2381 11 7

Cost of the wainscot and other articles
for the joinery of the interior of the
Lighthouse; the wages of the joiners
preparing the wood at Hynish, and
fitting it up at the Tower, 1415 5 1

Green heart and oak for treenails, for
securing the lower courses of
Lighthouse Tower, 40 10 4

Plate-glass for windows and borrowed
lights in partitions of Tower, 84 7 4

Lewis bats, hinges, &c., for
entrance-door and shutters of Tower,
and the locks and other mounting for
the interior, 218 15 2

14 Copper oil-cisterns, a copper-pump,
gauging-rods for do., 276 10 7

Cast-iron water-tanks and coal-boxes,
for interior of Tower, 160 13 9

A large cooking apparatus for kitchen
of Tower, a stove to heat the lower
apartments, and cast-iron smoke-tubes
for both fire-places, 117 17 7

A bell-metal railing for balcony, 341 13 1

A bell-metal ladder from rock to
entrance-door of Tower, 194 13 4

A cast-iron pillar to support floor of
light-room, 17 8 7

A bell-metal lightning-conductor for
Tower, and fixtures, 65 13 0

Cast-iron permanent railway on the
Skerryvore Rock, from the landing creek
to the Tower; a cast-iron platform near
the Tower, and stairs at landing creek, 493 11 8

A crane erected at the landing creek,
for landing materials on the rock, 98 13 2

A copper flagstaff and ball for the top
of the Lighthouse Tower, with bell-metal
base, fixtures, pulleys, &c., 66 10 8

A brass force-pump, for pumping water
up from tanks to kitchen of Lighthouse, 31 17 5

Premiums paid the seamen who were
employed in the shipping department, in
lieu of extra time, 454 2 6

Premiums paid 17 seamen who were
employed in the building works at the
Rock during the season of 1842, in lieu
of extra time, 121 11 0

Premiums of the landing master at Rock,
foreman of masons, &c., 96 12 0

Cost of the furniture, bedding,
utensils, books, &c., for the
Lighthouse Tower, 304 6 10

Sundry furnishings connected with the
building of the Lighthouse Tower,--the
wages of workmen quarrying stones at
Hynish for Lighthouse Tower, previous
to opening quarries at North Bay, and
the wages of workmen, and furnishings
for the general purposes of the works, 1386 18 5¹⁄₂

Cost of three models, in stucco, of
different forms of the Lighthouse, 22 4 6

Cast-iron water-tanks, which were built
and secured into recesses of the rock,
for the supplying of the rock
works,--new water-casks, and their
repairs, for taking off water, 17 5 11

Feu-duty, rent of ground, assessed
taxes, &c., for the establishment at
Hynish, 143 6 4
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8551 19 10¹⁄₂

Cost of the iron and steel which were
used for all the departments of the
works, 1299 3 5¹⁄₄

LIGHTROOM AND APPARATUS.

Cost of the lantern of cast-iron, with
facings of bell-metal, including the
cleaning and trimming paths, and
bell-metal ladder outside of lantern,
and the wages of the contractor’s
workmen fitting them up at Skerryvore, £863 13 6

Plate-glass for the lantern, 268 4 6

Copper dome of lantern, including the
internal frame of do., drip-pan, copper
steps, handles, air-tubes, rain-water
pipes, a platform outside of dome for
cleaning the vents, with the wages of
the contractor’s workmen fitting them
up at Skerryvore, 348 16 9

Machinery of the revolving apparatus,
and brass case for do. complete; three
machines for pumping the oil for
supplying the burner; the expense of
the lamps, fountains, &c.; and
bell-metal frames for annular lenses,
zones, pyramidal lenses, &c., with the
wages of the contractor’s workmen
fitting up the above apparatus at
Skerryvore, 1244 10 6¹⁄₂

The charge of Mr François
of Paris furnishing eight
annular lenses, and two
spare do., with eight
catadioptric frames of the
first order for lower part,
and eight pyramidal lenses,
with mirrors, for upper
part, £762 0 0

Expense of transporting the
whole apparatus to Leith, 79 7 10
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841 7 10

Cost of two bells, and one
spare do., used during
foggy weather, £107 6 3

Shafting for do.; bevel
wheels, levers, hammers,
&c., connecting with the
machinery of apparatus, 63 14 11¹⁄₂
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171 1 2¹⁄₂

Eighteen screens for lantern, cased
with iron, and brass mounted, with
rollers, &c., and the time of workmen
fitting them up at Skerryvore, 48 7 6

Air watch-bells from lightroom to
bedrooms and kitchen, time of workmen
fitting them up at Skerryvore, and
furnishings for the complete working of
do., 34 13 0

Brass medallion heads and copper tubes
for ventilation of lightroom, 8 9 6

Wood and workmanship making models of
the catadioptric zones to a full size,
and a brass model of frame for zones to
a small scale, 22 1 2
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3851 5 6

SALARIES, AGENCIES, AND OFFICE EXPENSES.

Salaries of the Engineer, Surveyor,
Clerk, and Store-keeper, including
expenses of the survey of the rocks and
adjoining Islands, £3262 10 5

Agency of the Agent at Aberdeen, who
made the monthly payments to the
workmen’s relatives, and for some time
superintending the making of tools;
and the agency of the Lighthouse Agent
at Greenock transacting business for
the works, 294 13 11

Iron safe, &c., books, and other
stationery for the various departments
of the works, 99 10 10
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3656 15 2

Petty disbursements and miscellaneous
expenses, made on account of the
general purposes of the works, 308 7 9

LIGHTKEEPERS’ HOUSES.

Wages of workmen, quarrying, dressing,
and building the stones of houses at
Hynish for light-keepers, building the
brick partitions and lining of walls,
and the wages of joiners executing the
joiner-work, £1893 6 2

Timber and other articles used in the
joinery of the houses, 462 19 9

Plumber-work of roof, including the
expense of bringing the water into the
houses, &c., 963 18 6

Bricks for partitions, lining of
external walls, &c., 73 10 0

Pavement for floors, water-cisterns,
&c., 51 16 0

Workmanship, executing the plaster-work
(the lime being charged in a special
account for this article), 38 12 11

Glass for glazing the windows and
fan-lights, 20 12 3

Locks, hinges, and other mounting for
the doors and windows, 101 11 11

Cans for the chimney heads, 9 16 6

Furniture, bedding, utensils, &c.,
supplied for these houses, 299 0 4
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3915 4 4

PIER AT HYNISH.

Wages of masons, quarriers, carters,
labourers, &c., quarrying, dressing,
and building the stones of a pier at
Hynish for the landing and shipping of
materials, £2300 17 1¹⁄₂

Iron rails for the works of building
the pier, 53 10 1

Timbers for fenders of pier, and other
purposes connected with the building of
it, 130 19 4

Cost of a pont for building the pier, 106 8 11
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2591 15 5¹⁄₂

DOCK OR HARBOUR FOR TENDER.

Wages of workmen, quarrying, dressing,
and building stones to form a talus
wall and parapet along the south side
and round the point of the pier at
Hynish; raising the pier one course;
excavating rock in the interior of the
harbour or dock and along the point of
pier; quarrying, dressing, and building
the stones of boom-heads and walls of
dock; excavating reservoir and forming
embankment of do, for scouring sand,
&c., from the dock; forming the feeders
to reservoir, and the tail-race from
reservoir to dock, refreshments to
workmen during night and tide works,
&c., £6676 10 6

Timber for double set of boom-gates of
dock, copper for sheathing their ends,
and mounting for booms, 101 2 6

Timber used in constructing
coffer-dams, and for the general
purposes of the harbour works, 135 18 0

Cost of two sluices, and of the
machinery, &c., complete for working
them, 81 14 0

Two cast-iron ladders for sides of pier
and dock, 13 1 9

Cost of sea-boots, &c., and keeping
them in repair, which were used by the
workmen at tide works, 26 12 0

Cost of silt-pumps, and furnishings of
leather, &c., for making others, and
keeping them in repair, 9 10 0

Compensation paid the tenant of the
farm of Hynish, for liberty to cut
drains for a supply of water for a
reservoir, 5 0 0

Two signal lamps, two torches,
turpentine, &c., for signalizing when
the tender enters the dock at night, 5 14 8
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7055 3 5
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TOTAL, £89,817 6 11

DEDUCTIONS--

Price of steamer “Skerryvore,” sold, £1616 0 6

Do. of sloop “Queen,” sold, 200 0 0

Do. of 4 Stone Lighters, sold, 225 0 0

Do. of Horses and Carts, sold, 60 0 0

Implements sold or afterwards used at
other works of the Board, 738 8 10
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2839 9 4
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£86,977 17 7