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FOOT, FREDERICK R.
- Born: 1843/44? Died: -
Lighthouse engineer, active in the 1880s and 1890s. Frederick Foot, who was born in Co. Kilkenny probably in 1843 or 1844 was resident engineer for the construction of the Mew Island lighthouse, Belfast, Bull Rock Lighthouse, Co. Cork, and the shore depot for the Fastnet Lighthouse at Crookhaven, Co. Cork.(1) At the time of the 1911 census of Ireland he was fifty-seven years old and held the post of superintendent of the Irish Lights Depot in Dun Laoghaire.
Address: 1 Annamount, Dun Laoghaire, 1911.
References
(1) Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 96.
3 work entries listed in chronological order for FOOT, FREDERICK R.
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, MEW ISLAND, LIGHTHOUSE |
Date: | 1882ca |
Nature: | FRF resident engineer. |
Refs: | Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 96 |
Building: | CO. CORK, BULL ROCK, LIGHTHOUSE |
Date: | 1889a |
Nature: | Work superintended by F.R. Foot. |
Refs: | Architect 41, 11 Jan 1889, 24; Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 96. |
Building: | CO. CORK, CROOKHAVEN, FASTNET LIGHT SHORE DEPOT |
Date: | 1897 |
Nature: | FRF resident engineer. |
Refs: | Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 96. |