Boyd's Automatic Tide Signalling Apparatus
The automatic tide signalling apparatus at Irvine harbour in North Ayrshire, Scotland, is a Grade B Listed Building and is probably unique, having been invented and patented by Martin Boyd, the Irvine harbourmaster, in 1905 and opened in 1906.
Read more about Boyd's Automatic Tide Signalling Apparatus: Introduction, Martin Boyd, Harbourmaster, The Automatic Tide Marker Station, The Decline of Irvine Harbour, Micro-history
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