Robert Stevenson
(1772-1850)

lighthouse engineer

Died aged 78

Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer, and designer and builder of lighthouses. His works include the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Robert Stevenson 1772-1850 civil engineer and engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board. Designed and built the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

1-3 Baxter’s Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they lived

Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) civil engineer (M.I.C.E. 1828). Designer of lighthouses, harbours, roads and bridges. Melville Monument - 1821. Stevenson finalised the dimensions and superintended the building of this 140 ft. high 1,500 ton, edifice utilising the world's first iron balance-crane invented under his direction by Francis Watt in 1809-1810 for erecting the Bell Rock lighthouse. The Institution of Civil Engineers 2003.

, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they designed