On our Orkney tour, as we drove along Scapa Flow, the tour guide directed our attention to what he called "the Stevenson lighthouse." I found this to be quite interesting as I knew that must mean it had some connection to Robert Louis Stevenson. I researched this lighthouse upon my return and learned that the Stevenson family (of which R. L. Stevenson was indeed a part) was world renowned for their lighthouse engineering for nearly two centuries. Therefore, to a tourist, this is in reality a Stevenson lighthouse, but for an Orkney resident it is only natural to call it the Stevenson lighthouse.
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