David Stevenson

David Stevenson (1815-1886) was a lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, and helped found a great dynasty of lighthouse engineering. The son of engineer Robert Stevenson, and brother of the lighthouse engineers Alan and Thomas Stevenson, between 1854 and 1880 he designed many lighthouses, all with his brother Thomas. In addition he helped design lighthouses for Japan, inventing a novel method for allowing them to withstand earthquakes. His sons David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson continues his work after his death, building nearly thirty further lighthouses. His nephew was Robert Louis Stevenson.

Lighthouses of David Stevenson

Stevenson, David Stevenson, David

 

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