Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden
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Location | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
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Coordinates | 52°27′42.6″N 4°34′28.6″E / 52.461833°N 4.574611°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1878 |
Construction | cast iron tower |
Height | 24 metres (79 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | red brown tower and dome lantern, white lantern |
Heritage | Rijksmonument ![]() |
Light | |
First lit | 1879 |
Focal height | 31 metres (102 ft) |
Intensity | white: 23,000 cd red: 5,500 cd |
Range | white: 16 nautical miles (30 km) red: 13 nautical miles (24 km) |
Characteristic | F WR |
Netherlands no. | NL-1330[1] |
The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("low lighthouse of IJmuiden") is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year. In 1909, the top three sections were moved to Vlieland where they serve as a separate lighthouse. In 1966 the lighthouse was moved slightly.
Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-metre high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse now has five storeys and 88 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors. Since 1981 it is a Rijksmonument.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Netherlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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