This meticulously researched study challenges the findings of the Royal Commissioners on Lights, Buoys, and Beacons, who recommended the consolidation and centralization of lighthouse management in Great Britain. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and archival research, Blake argues that such a system would be impractical and costly, and offers alternative recommendations for improving lighthouse management. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.