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Rattray Head Lighthouse © Ian Cowe

To the Lighthouse!

See how the pupils of Hermitage Park Primary, Edinburgh built a scale model of the Bell Rock Lighthouse in a Science Show workshop.

Click on an image below to see a slideshow of the Bell Rock lighthouse taking shape.

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Shining Lights Exhibition

Open: Fri 15 October 2010 – Sun 3 April 2011
Cost: Free
Venue: Special Exhibitions gallery, Level 3

Model of the construction of the Bell Rock lighthouse

Model showing the construction of the Bell Rock lighthouse.

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