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What happened to the keepers of Flannan Isles Lighthouse?-Episode #13

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On December 15, 1900, a ship named the Archtor reported that the Flannan Isles Lighthouse was not operational in poor weather conditions. When the relief vessel, the Hesperus, docked to resupply the lighthouse on December 26, 1900, they found no trace of the three lighthouse keepers. So, what happened to the keepers of Flannan Isles Lighthouse?

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    • Episode Resources (MLA)

    • "Flannan Isles Lighthouse " Archived 26 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  •  Bathurst, B. (2000) [1999]. The Lighthouse Stevensons. London: Flamingo. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-00-653076-3. OCLC 59458072.
  •  Ben Johnson. "The mysterious disappearance of the Eilean Mor lighthouse keepers". Historic UK. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  •  "Northern Lighthouse Board – Report by Superintendent". www.nlb.org.uk.
  • "Transcripts from documents related to the Flannan Isles mystery." Museum of Scottish Lighthouses/Wayback.
  • Munro, R. W. (1979). Scottish Lighthouses. Stornoway: the Thule Press. ISBN 978-0-906191-32-3. OCLC 8795307. OL 11371942M
  • Nicholson, C. P. (1995). Rock Lighthouses of Britain: The End of an Era?. Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing. pp. 168–179. ISBN 978-1-870325-41-7. OCLC 34354832.
  • Nicholson, Christopher (1995). Rock lighthouses of Britain The end of an era?. Whittles Publishing. pp. 58–59. ISBN 1-870325-41-9.
  • "Lighthouse Glossary of Terms". United States Lighthouse Society.

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