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A 132-year-old message has been found by engineers deep inside the walls of the Corsewall Lighthouse in Scotland. It is believed to be the first time a message in a bottle has ever been discovered in a Scottish lighthouse. The note, written in quill and ink, is dated 4 September 1892 and reveals the names of three engineers who installed a new type of light in the 30ft tower, along with the three keepers of the lighthouse at that time.
The bottle was found by a Northern Lighthouse Board mechanical engineer, Ross Russell, during an inspection of the lighthouse which is situated at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway. The bottle was an unusual shape, with a convex base meaning that it couldn’t stand upright and it contained tiny air bubbles. The cork stopper had expanded and stuck to the glass while the wire that held it in place had rusted away.
Ross and his colleagues used a broom handle and a rope to retrieve the bottle before finally opening it when lighthouse keeper, Barry Miller, arrived. Barry said his hands were “shaking” with excitement when the bottle was opened. The letter was written by the engineers who had been to the lighthouse to install a different type of lantern and glazing at the top of the tower. The men had visited the lighthouse three weeks prior, travelling there to replace the lens and machine supplied by James Dove & Co Engineers.
The letter is handwritten on paper that is showing its age with yellow stains. The engineers had worked on the equipment described in the letter and that just highlighted the “strange coincidence” of finding the note while working on the equipment some 132 years later, according to Ross Russell. The bottle will be replaced and left untouched behind the wall where it was found.
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