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
27. =Alderney Island=, lat. 49° 43´; two fixed red lights
(_gas_), visible 5 to 9 miles; 55 and 25 feet high; erected
1859.
28. =Guernsey=, St. Peter Port Old Harbour; one fixed light
(_gas_), visible 3 miles; 24 feet high; erected 1832.
29. =Guernsey=, St. Peter Port New Harbour, lat. 49° 27´; one
fixed light (_gas_), visible 9 miles; 40 feet high; erected
1867.
30. =Guernsey=, Rock of Stanois, lat. 49° 26´; one red light,
revolving every 45 seconds; 117 feet high; erected 1862.
31. =Jersey=, Vernclût Breakwater, lat. 49° 13´; one fixed
light, visible 10 to 12 miles; 30 feet high; erected 1857.
32. =Jersey=, Gouray Pier-head, one fixed light, _gas_.
33. =Jersey=, Victoria Pier, St. Helier, lat. 49° 10´; one
fixed light, visible 6 miles; erected 1858.
34. =Jersey=, Albert Pier, St. Helier; one fixed light (_gas_),
visible 3 miles; erected 1839.
35. =Jersey=, Albert Pier, St. Helier; two fixed lights, _gas_;
erected 1837.
36. =Jersey=, Upper Pier Road, St. Helier, one fixed red light
(_gas_), visible 3 miles; erected 1859.
37. =Corbière Rocks=, lat. 49° 10´ 40´´. New lighthouse
building.
38. [++]=Minquiers Lightship=, lat. 48° 53´ 38´´; two fixed
lights, visible 8 or 10 miles; fixed 1865.
39. =Poole=, north side of harbour, lat. 50° 41´; two fixed
lights, visible 6 miles; erected 1848.
40. =Poole=, North Haven Point; one fixed light.
41. =Isle of Wight=, Needle Rock, lat. 50° 39´ 42´´; one fixed
light, visible 14 miles; 109 feet high; erected 1859.
42. =Hampshire=, Hurst Point, lat. 50° 42´ 26´´; two fixed
lights, visible 13 and 10 miles; one, 85 feet high, erected
1812; the other, 52 feet high, erected 1733.
43. =Isle of Wight=, Yarmouth; two fixed lights, green and
white, erected 1857.
44. [++]=Isle of Wight=, Calshot Lightship; one light,
revolving every minute, visible 9 miles; fixed 1842.
45. =Hampshire=, Southampton, Royal Pier; two fixed lights;
erected 1841.
46. =Isle of Wight=, Ryde Pier; one fixed light, visible 6 or 7
miles; erected 1852.
47. =Hampshire=, Stokes Bay Pier; two fixed lights; erected
1865.
48. =Hampshire=, Southsea Castle, lat. 50° 47´; one fixed
light, visible 9 miles; erected 1822.
49. =Hampshire=, Spit Sand Fort; one fixed light; erected 1866.
50. =Hampshire=, Horse Sand Fort; one fixed light; erected 1866
(temporary).
51. =Hampshire=, Noman’s Land Fort; one fixed red light;
erected 1866.
52. =Isle of Wight=, Brading Haven Fort; one fixed green light;
erected 1866.
53. =Portsmouth=, Clarence Pier; three lights, _gas_; erected
1865.
54. =Portsmouth=, Victoria Pier; two lights, _gas_; erected
1865.
55. =Portsmouth=, Camber; one fixed light.
56. =Portsmouth=, King’s Stairs; one fixed red light; erected
1865.
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