Pater Noster Lighthouse
 Pater Noster Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Hamneskär Skagerrak, west of Marstrand Sweden |
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| Coordinates | 57°53′46″N 11°27′57″E / 57.896041°N 11.465779°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1868 |
| Foundation | stone basement |
| Construction | cast iron skeletal tower |
| Automated | 1964 |
| Height | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Shape | conical skeletal tower with balcony, lantern, observation room and central cylinder |
| Markings | red tower, greenish lantern roof |
| Power source | rapeseed oil, kerosene, diesel generator, electricity  |
| Heritage | governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1977-2007 |
| Focal height | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Lens | 1st order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | LFl W 15s. |
| Sweden no. | SV-7925.01[1] [2] |
Pater Noster is a Swedish lighthouse and the name of a small archipelago in Bohuslän on the Swedish west coast.
History
There were plans to build a lighthouse on the island in the 1750s but a light was instead placed on the fortification of Carlsten in Marstrand. That light was replaced by Pater Noster in 1868. The lighthouse is of engineer Nils Gustaf von Heidenstam's typical iron design.
Pater Noster originally had a large first order Fresnel lens in its lantern and the flame originally ran on colza oil. A paraffin lamp was installed in 1887. The lighouse was automated in 1964 and the large lens replaced by a small 4th order lens. In 1977 Pater Noster lighthouse was deactivated in favor of the modern lighthouse Hätteberget placed in open water. Pater Noster started to fall out of repair as the salt water made the iron construction rusty and weak.
In 2002 a large restoration project began. The lighthouse was transported to the town of Uddevalla, and later to Gothenburg. The tower was very rusty and overall in bad condition and restoration took much longer than originally planned, mostly because of insufficient funding. But many local companies and persons volunteered to complete the work. In the summer of 2007 the lighthouse was shipped back to Hamneskär. In the autumn it was reactivated.
Gallery
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The lighthouse is shipped after renovation on Arendals wharf, Gothenburg. -
See also
References
- ^ Pater Noster (Hamneskär) The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 6, 2016
- ^ Leuchtturm Pater Noster (in German)
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Göteborg Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Swedish Lighthouse Society". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
External links
- Sjofartsverket
- The Swedish Lighthouse Society
- Leuchtturm Pater Noster (in German)
- Pater Noster hotel (in English)
- Pater Nosters Vänner (in Swedish)
