Aerial view of Bona Lighthouse Digital image of A 36833.

Description Aerial view of Bona Lighthouse Digital image of A 36833.

Date 1985

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 804800

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 36833

Scope and Content Aerial view, Bona Lighthouse, Caledonian Canal, Highland, from north-north-east This aerial view from the north-north-east shows the lighthouse, probably built in the early 19th century, which works the entrance into Loch Dochfour from Loch Ness (top). The light originally flooded out of the octagonal-roofed tower (centre) and the light-keeper and his family occupied the other buildings in the complex. Paraffin and carbide were the fuels originally used in the light, which is now automatically controlled and converted to use electricity. The light-keeper's post is now redundant and his living accommodation has been converted into a private dwelling house. The narrow channel into Loch Dochfour is also buoyed and lit by additional lights. The Caledonian Canal was designed by Thomas Telford (1757-1834) and built between 1803 and 1822 at a cost of £840,000. It was the first example of a transport network funded by the government in Great Britain. The 96.5km-long canal provides a route for boats travelling between the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean as it runs from the Beauly Firth at Clachnaharry, Inverness, to Loch Linnhe at Corpach. Only 35.4km of this length is man-made while the other 61km runs through four lochs: Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy. Unfortunately, at 4.2m deep, the canal was too small for most sea-going ships which led to it being altered and deepened between 1844 and 1847. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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