Adziogol Lighthouse
 Adziogol Lighthouse, 1911 | |
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| Location | Kherson, Ukraine |
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| Coordinates | 46°29′32″N 32°13′57″E / 46.49233°N 32.23261°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1911 |
| Construction | skeletal steel |
| Height | 211 feet (64 m)[1] |
| Shape | round hyperboloid, central cylinder |
| Markings | red |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 221 feet (67 m)[2] |
| Range | 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) |
| Characteristic | continuous white light, on request, visible only on range line |
Adziogol Lighthouse (Ukrainian: Аджигольський маяк; Russian: Аджигольский маяк), also known as Stanislav Range Rear Light, is a vertical lattice hyperboloid structure of steel bars, serving as an active lighthouse, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Kherson, Ukraine. At a height of 211 feet (64 m) it is the sixteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world[3] as well as the tallest in Ukraine.
It is located on a concrete pier on a tiny islet off the mouth of the Dnieper River, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north of Rybalce. Together with Stanislav Range Front Light it serves as a range light, guiding ships entering the Dnieper River.
The lighthouse was designed in 1910[4] and built in 1911 by Vladimir Shukhov. The 1-story keeper's house is built within the base.
The site of the tower is accessible only by boat. The site is open to the public but the tower is closed.
See also
- Thin-shell structure
- List of Hyperboloid structures
- List of thin shell structures
- List of tallest lighthouses in the world
References
- ^ According to List of Lights. 210 feet (64 m) according to The Lighthouse Directory. 68m according to Great Buildings and other sources.
- ^ According to List of Lights. 220 feet (67 m) according to The Lighthouse Directory.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Suchov, Vladimir Grigor'evic. "Berechnung eines Leuchtturms mit bis zu 68 m lichter Höhe nach dem System des Ingenieurs V. G. Suchov" (PDF) (in German).
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- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Ukraine: Mykolaiv Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 311.
- "Adziogol Lighthouse - Vladimir G. Schuchov - Great Buildings Online". greatbuildings.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
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Further reading
- Rainer Graefe: “Vladimir G. Šuchov 1853-1939 - Die Kunst der sparsamen Konstruktion.”, S.192, Stuttgart, DVA, 1990, ISBN 3-421-02984-9. [1]
- Peter Gössel, Gabriele Leuthäuser, Eva Schickler: “Architecture in the 20th century”, Taschen Verlag; 1990, ISBN 3-8228-1162-9 and ISBN 3-8228-0550-5
- Kevin Matthews, "The Great Buildings Collection", CD-ROM, Artifice, 2001, ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.
- Elizabeth Cooper English: “Arkhitektura i mnimosti”: The origins of Soviet avant-garde rationalist architecture in the Russian mystical-philosophical and mathematical intellectual tradition”, a dissertation in architecture, 264p., University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
External links
- Adziogol Lighthouse - video, 2010