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Secret 132 year old message in a bottle found in lighthouse wall

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Bu içerikte, İskoçya’nın güneyinde bir deniz fenerinde bulunan 132 yıllık bir mesaj içeren şişe hakkında bilgi verilmektedir. Mühendisler, Corsewall Deniz Feneri’ndeki incelemeler sırasında bu şişeyi bulmuşlardır. 1892 tarihli mektup, yeni bir tür ışığı kuleye kuran üç mühendisin ve deniz fenerinin üç bekçisinin adlarını içermektedir. Ross Russell adındaki bir kuzey deniz feneri kurulu mekanik mühendisi şişeyi bulmuş ve içindeki notu keşfetmiştir. Not, mühendislerin ve bekçilerin adlarıyla mektubun yazıldığı tarihi içermektedir. Şişenin ilginç yuvarlak tabanı ve zamanla paslanan telle sabitlenmiş mantar kapağı hakkında da bilgi verilmektedir. Mektup, 1892 tarihli ve kulede kurulan yeni fenerin detaylarını içermektedir. Mühendisler, bu tarihi keşiften dolayı heyecanlı olduklarını belirtmişlerdir. Mektup ve şişenin orijinal yerine yerleştirilmesi ve kendi notlarını eklemeyi planladıkları da açıklanmıştır. Deniz feneri bekçilerinden birinin torunu olan Euan Murray da keşiften memnuniyet duyduğunu belirtmiş ve ailesine ait bir tarihi parçanın ortaya çıkmasını ilginç bulduğunu ifade etmiştir.

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Kaynak: www.bbc.com

grey placeholderRoss Russell The bottle showing the note inside.Ross Russell

The bottle has an unusual rounded bottom and its cork was secured by wire which had rusted

Engineers have found a bottle with a 132-year-old message deep inside the walls of a lighthouse in the south of Scotland.

The bottle was found inside the Corsewall Lighthouse at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway.

The “once in a lifetime” find is understood to be the first message in a bottle ever discovered in a lighthouse in Scotland.

Written using quill and ink, the letter dated 4 September 1892 reveals the names of three engineers who installed a new type of light in the 30ft tower.

It also has the names of the lighthouse’s three keepers.

Engineer Ross Russell found the letter in a bottle dating back to 1892

The 8in (20cm) bottle was found by Ross Russell, a Northern Lighthouse Board mechanical engineer, during an inspection.

He spotted it after removing panels in a cupboard but it was well out of arm’s reach. The team retrieved it using a contraption made from a rope and a broom handle.

But they waited until lighthouse keeper, Barry Miller, arrived before they opened it.

“My goodness am I grateful for them doing that,” he said.

The bottle has an unusual convex base, meaning it cannot stand upright, and it is made of coarse glass, full of tiny air bubbles.

It is thought it would have once contained oil.

The bottle stopper was cork, which had expanded over time and stuck to the glass, while the wire which held it in place had rusted away.

grey placeholderRoss Russell Barry is examining the bottle. He is sitting at a table and has white hair and is wearing glasses and a blue work suit.Ross Russell

Corsewall Lighthouse keeper, Barry Miller, said his hands were shaking when he opened the bottle

The men had to cut the top off the cork and very carefully drill the cork out.

The note initially seemed too big to pull out the neck of the bottle so they devised a tool using two pieces of cable to twist it through the narrow opening.

Mr Miller, 77, told BBC Scotland News his hands were shaking when he opened it.

“It was so exciting, it was like meeting our colleagues from the past. It was actually like them being there,” he said.

“It was like touching them. Like them being part of our team instead of just four of us being there, we were all there sharing what they had written because it was tangible and you could see the style of their handwriting.

“You knew what they had done. You knew they had hidden it in such a place it wouldn’t be found for a long, long time.”

What did the letter say?

grey placeholderRoss Russell The letter is hand written on paper that is covered in yellow stains from ageing.Ross Russell

The lighthouse letter is dated 1892

Corsewall Light & Fog Signal Station, Sept 4th 1892.

This lantern was erected by James Wells Engineer, John Westwood Millwright, James Brodie Engineer, David Scott Labourer, of the firm of James Milne & Son Engineers, Milton House Works, Edinburgh, during the months from May to September and relighted on Thursday night 15th Sept 1892.

The following being keepers at the station at this time, John Wilson Principal, John B Henderson 1st assistant, John Lockhart 2nd assistant.

The lens and machine being supplied by James Dove &Co Engineers Greenside Edinburgh and erected by William Burness, John Harrower, James Dods. Engineers with the above firm.

‘I was in utter amazement’

grey placeholderJane Murray An old photograph of four lighthouse keepers outside the Corsewall Lighthouse in 1892.Jane Murray

John Wilson (second from the left) is mentioned in the letter. The principal keeper is with Robert Murray, George Craig and an unknown keeper who is believed to have been visiting.

Ross Russell, who found the bottle with his colleagues Morgan Dennison and Neil Armstrong, said it was an unbelievable discovery.

“The note was just sensational, I was just in utter amazement,” Ross said.

“Being the first person to touch the bottle after 132 years was just mind blowing.

“It’s a once in a lifetime find.”

grey placeholderRoss Russell Ross, two engineers and the lighthouse keeper stand outside Corsewall Lighthouse. They are wearing workmen jumpsuits. The lighthouse is white.Ross Russell

Ross (R) found the bottle with his colleagues Morgan Dennison and Neil Armstrong before giving it to Corsewall Lighthouse keeper to open

The engineers had travelled to the 209-year-old lighthouse ahead of a year long project to check the bearing the five tonne lens rotates on.

They were trying to check under the floor to see if that section would be able to hold the lens while it was off its bearing when they found the bottle.

The men who wrote the note in 1892 had been at the lighthouse to install a different type of lantern and glazing at the top of the tower.

“It was just a strange coincidence to find the note while working on the equipment described on the note,” Ross said.

The 36-year-old said they planned to replace the note and bottle where they had found them as well as adding another of their own.

grey placeholderEuan Murray Euan is standing on a boat. He is smiling and the wind is pushing back his hair. The sea is behind him.Euan Murray

Euan Murray is the great great great grandson of Robert Murray who worked at the Corsewall Lighthouse in 1892

Meanwhile a descendant of one of the lighthouse keepers said he was delighted by the discovery.

Euan Murray, who grew up 10 miles (16km) from the lighthouse in Stranraer, is the great great great grandson of Robert Murray who worked alongside John Wilson at Corsewall.

“I do find it very interesting to see a bit of family history pop up out the blue like this,” he said.

The 32-year-old added: “It’s amazing to think that the work they did back then is still completely relevant today, even in the age of satellite navigation.”

The Royal Navy chief engineer said: “Ships are still using these lighthouses for safe navigation on a daily basis.

“All the more apparent because of my career at sea and having passed the lighthouse many times on vessels arriving and departing from around the world. Always a nice sign of home.”

Secret 132 year old message in a bottle found in lighthouse wall
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