Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and OrganizationAdams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
Lighthouses; Lightships
1. =Bishop Rock=, Scilly Isles, lat. 49° 52´; a fixed light,
visible 16 miles; 147 feet high;[64] erected 1858.
[64] The height is given in English feet, from the base to the vane of
the building.
2. =St. Agnes=, Scilly Isles, lat. 49° 53´; revolving light
every minute, visible 16 miles; 74 feet high; erected 1680.
3. [++]=Scour Stones=, lightship, lat. 50° 3´; two fixed
lights, visible 10 and 6 miles; fixed 1841.
4. =Longships=, off Land’s End, lat. 50° 3´ 48´´; one fixed
light, visible 14 miles; 51 feet high; erected 1795.
5. =Penzance=, South Pier, lat. 50° 7´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; 22 feet high; erected 1817.
6. =Wolf Crag=, lat. 49° 56´; one light, revolving 30 seconds;
100 feet high; erected 1870.
7. =Lizard=, lat. 49° 57´; fixed light, visible 21 miles; 61
feet high; erected 1751.
8. =Falmouth=, St. Anthony Point, lat. 50° 8´; a revolving
light every 20 seconds, and fixed light, visible 13 miles; 62
feet high; erected 1835.
9. =Falmouth=, Prince of Wale‘ Breakwater; fixed light;
erected 1860.
10. =Eddystone=, lat. 50° 10´ 49´´; one fixed light, visible 13
miles; 89 feet high; erected 1703.
11. =Plymouth=, west end of Breakwater; lat. 50° 20´; two fixed
lights (one red), visible 9 miles; 76 feet high; erected 1844.
12. =Plymouth=, Mill Bay, one fixed light, visible 12 miles.
13. =Plymouth=, West Barbican Pier-head, lat. 50° 22´; one
fixed light (_gas_), visible 6 miles; 20 feet high; erected
1822.
14. =Start Point=, lat. 50° 13´; two lights, revolving every
minute, visible 20 miles; 92 feet high; erected 1836.
15. =Dartmouth=, Kingswear, lat. 50° 20´; one fixed light,
visible 11 miles; 36 feet high; erected 1864.
16. =Dartmouth=; a flagstaff, carrying one fixed light.
17. =Dartmouth=, south part of town; one white light.
18. =Brixham=, pier-head; lat. 50° 24´; one fixed light,
visible 6 miles; erected 1839.
19. =Torquay=, pier-head; lat. 50° 27´; one fixed light,
visible 5 miles; erected 1852.
20. =Teignmouth=, south-west end of Dam; lat. 50° 32´; two
fixed lights, visible 6 miles; 37 feet high; erected 1845.
21. =Lyme Regis=, pier-head and Custom House, lat. 50° 43´; a
bright and a red fixed light, each visible 4 miles; erected
1853.
22. =Portland=, near the Bill, lat. 50° 31´; two fixed lights,
visible 21 and 18 miles; 50 and 85 feet high; erected 1789 and
1867.
23. =Portland=, breakwater, fixed light, visible 9 miles;
erected 1851.
24. [++]=Portland=, Shambles Shoal Lightship; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; fixed 1859.
25. =Weymouth=, North Pier; two fixed green and two fixed red
lights; erected 1867.
26. =Casquets=, lat. 49° 43´ 17´´; three lights, revolving
every 20 seconds, and visible for 15 miles; one light 45 feet
and the others 68 feet high; erected 1723.
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