Charles Alexander Stevenson

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Charles Alexander Stevenson (born 1855, Edinburgh; died 1950) was a lighthouse engineer who built twenty three lighthouses in and around Scotland.

Born into the famous Stevenson family of lighthouse engineers, son of David Stevenson, brother of David Alan Stevenson, and nephew of Thomas Stevenson, he was educated at Edinburgh University. Between 1887 and 1937 he built twenty three lighthouses with his brother, David, and is noted for his experiments with optics. His cousin was Robert Louis Stevenson, and grandfather was Robert Stevenson. His son Alan (1891-1971) was the last of the family to enter the trade.

[edit] Lighthouses of Charles A Stevenson

• Skroo, Fair Isle (1892)
• Helliar Holm (1893)
• Sule Skerry (1895)
• Rattray Head (1895)
• Stroma (1896)
• Tod Head (1897)
• Noup Head (1898)
• Flannan Isles (1899)
• Tiumpan Head (1900)
• Killantringan (1900)
• Barns Ness (1901)
• Bass Rock (1903)
• Hyskeir (1904)
• Trodday (1908)
• Neist Point (1909)
• Rubh Re (1912)
• Milaid Point (1912)
• Maughold Head (1914)
• Copinsay (1915)
• Clyth Ness (1916)
• Duncansby Head (1924)
• Esha Ness (1929)
• Tor Ness (1937)