St Anthony's Lighthouse

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St Anthony's Lighthouse
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St Anthony's Lighthouse
St Anthony's Lighthouse is located in Cornwall
St Anthony's Lighthouse
Cornwall
LocationSt Anthony Head
Cornwall
England
Coordinates50°08′28″N 5°00′58″W / 50.14115°N 5.016067°W / 50.14115; -5.016067Coordinates: 50°08′28″N 5°00′58″W / 50.14115°N 5.016067°W / 50.14115; -5.016067
Year first constructed1835
Automated1987
Constructiongranite tower
Tower shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper's house
Markings / patternwhite tower and lantern
Tower height19 metres (62 ft)
Focal height22 metres (72 ft)
Current lens1st order fixed lens
Intensitywhite: 210,000 candela
red 42,000 candela
Rangewhite:22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
red: 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
CharacteristicIso WR 15s.
Admiralty numberA0062
NGA number0068
ARLHS numberENG 141
Managing agentTrinity House[1]
HeritageGrade II listed building Edit this on Wikidata

St Anthony's Lighthouse is the lighthouse at St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, Cornwall, UK. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.

History[edit]

The lighthouse was built in 1835 by Olver of Falmouth, for Trinity House and the original light came from eight Argand oil lamps. The light source was changed to pressure vapour and later to electricity when electricity was connected in 1954. Today the light is automated, flashing every 15 seconds, with a red sector for The Manacles rocks and a range of 22 miles. A fog-bell was installed in 1882.[2] The fog horn blasts once every 30 seconds.[3] When the fog bell which hung from the gallery at the front of the tower, was dismantled in 1954, it was donated to a local church, but after many years of sitting on the church front lawn, was taken away to be melted down.

St. Anthony's lighthouse was featured in the intro of the UK version of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, as "The Fraggle Rock Lighthouse". Nearby St. Mawes is also featured in some scenes from the programme.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ St. Anthony's Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 April 2016
  2. ^ "Falmouth". The Cornishman (193). 23 March 1882. p. 4.
  3. ^ Denton, Tony; Leach, Nicholas (2007). Lighthouses of England and Wales. Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing Ltd.

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