Gunfleet Lighthouse
 Distant view taken in 2010 | |
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| Location | offshore of Frinton-on-Sea Essex England |
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| Coordinates | 51°46′08″N 1°20′30″E / 51.76889°N 1.34167°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1850 |
| Built by | James Walker  |
| Construction | screw-pile tower |
| Height | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Shape | hexagonal tower with keeper's quarter, balcony and lantern |
| Operator | Gunfleet Sands Windfarm[1] |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1921 |
Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. George Henry Saunders was the contractor. Walker and Burges were the Engineers.[2] It is 74 feet (23 m) in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red. The living accommodation comprises a living room, bedroom, kitchen/washroom and storeroom.[3]
It was deactivated in 1921.[4] though still in use as an automated weather station by the Port of London Authority,[3] and marks the northern limit of their jurisdiction.[5]
In 1974 an attempt was made to use the lighthouse as a base for the pirate radio station Radio Atlantis but this was thwarted by the authorities.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Gunfleet The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 May 2016
- ^ "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Offshore Radio Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Tide Tables and Port Information" (PDF). Port of London Authority. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
External links
- 2005 tour of the lighthouse (including internal photographs)
- More external photographs from 2005
- Day-trip to Gunfleet Lighthouse
Media related to Gunfleet Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
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