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1853 Electric Illumination used in lighthouses for the first time	1854 Muckle Flugga is built on the northern most point of Shetland Isles	1875 Chicken Rock Light completed off the Isle of Man	1929 First radio beacon designed by Marconi signals off Kinnaird Head	1998 Last manned lighthouse at Fair Isle South, Shetland is automated

1635 - 1814

1815 - 1868

1869 - 1998

1853 Electric Illumination used in lighthouses for the first time

Professor Holmes constructs a magneto-electro machine allowing electric arc light to be used for the first time in lighthouses. Between 1862-1879 the electric arc was installed in the UK, the Isle of May lighthouse receiving it in this period.