Horsburgh Lighthouse Foundation Stone

By Cornelius-Takahama, Vernon written on 2000-01-26
National Library Board Singapore

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Horsburgh Lighthouse Foundation Stone in Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca island, was laid in the presence of Governor William J. Butterworth and several distinguished guests, and took place at 1:00 pm, on 24 May 1850. 

Description
Inscribed on copper plate, the Foundation Stone reads:

In the year of Our Lord 1850 and in the 13th year of the reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland:
The Most Noble James Andrew, Marquis of Dalhousie, Kt., being Governor-General of British India:
The Foundation Stone of the Light-house to be erected on Pedra Branca, 
and dedicated to the Memory of the Celebrated Hyrdographer JAMES HORSBURGH, F.R.S. was laid on the 24th day of May, 
the anniversary of the Birth-day of Her Most Gracious Majesty, 
by the Worshipful Master M. F. Davidson, Esq., 
and the Brethren of the Lodge Zetland in the East, no. 748, 
In the presence of the Governor of the Straits Settlements, 
and many of the British and Foreign Residents of Singapore.

J. T. Thomson, 
Architect.



Author
Vernon Cornelius-Takahama



References
Buckley, C. B. (1984). An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore: 1819-1867 (p. 514). Singapore: Oxford University Press.
(Call no.: RSING q959.57 BUC) 

Hall-Jones, J. (1995). The Horsburgh Lighthouse (p. 24). Invercargill, N. Z.: John Hall-Jones.
(Call no.: RSING 623.8942 HAL) 

Logan, J. R. (Ed.). (1970). The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (p. 428). Nendeln: Kraus Reprint.
(Call no.: RCLOS 950.05 JOU)  

Pavitt, J.A.L. (1966). First pharos of the Eastern sea: Horsburgh Lighthouse: A chronicle (pp. 25-26) [Microfiche: NL 0007/23]. Singapore: D. Moore.
(Call no.: RSING 623.894 PAV) 



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Subject
Architecture and Landscape>>Architectural Styles
Cornerstone laying--Singapore
Lighthouses--Singapore
Singapore--History--1819-1867
Arts>>Architecture>>Architectural structure

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