The Beacon clock tower at Customhouse Quay in Greenock is a
fabulous example of this. Designed by local
marine artist William Clark (1803-1883) and erected in 1868, it is wonderful to
look at and also contains features essential to its position on a busy quay. I'm only going to describe some of them and
leave the others for another day. Let's
start at the top -
weather vane
fog bell
fog light
clock
This picture shows
the Beacon as it was in 1878.
(The photograph comes from
the book "Greenock From Old Photographs" (ISBN 950068713)by Matt
Anderson and Joy Monteith, published in 1980 by Inverclyde District Libraries.)
The Greenockian
