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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

Name: Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization
Author: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

Lighthouses; Lightships

57. =Portsmouth=, Clarence Victualling Yard, pier; one red
    light, _gas_; erected 1865.

    58. =Gosport=, one fixed red light; erected 1865.

    59. [++]=Warner= Lightship, lat. 50° 43´; revolving every
    minute, visible 8 miles; fixed 1854.

    60. =Temporary=, to indicate a wreck, 1½ miles S.E. of the
    Warner.

    61. [++]=Nab= Lightship, lat. 50° 42´ 15´´; two fixed lights,
    visible 8 and 6 miles; fixed 1812.

    62. =Isle of Wight=, St. Catherine’s Point, lat. 50° 34´ 30´´;
    one fixed light, visible 19 miles; 122 feet high; erected 1840.

    63. [++]=Owers= Lightship, lat. 50° 38´ 50´´; one fixed light,
    visible 10 miles; fixed 1788.

    64. =Littlehampton=, north end of pier, lat. 50° 48´; one fixed
    light (_gas_), visible 7 miles; 40 feet high; erected 1848.

    65. =Littlehampton=, Outer East Pier; one fixed light; erected
    1868.

    66. =Worthing Pier=, lat. 50° 48´ 30´´; one fixed light;
    erected 1862.

    67. =Shoreham Harbour=, lat. 50° 50´; two fixed lights, visible
    10 miles; 38 and 5 feet high; erected 1825.

    68. =Brighton=, Chain Pier, lat. 50° 49´; one fixed green
    light, visible 10 miles; 22 feet high; erected 1824.

    69. =Newhaven=, West Pier, lat. 50° 47´; two fixed lights,
    visible 10 miles; 33 feet high; erected 1864.

    70. =Newhaven=, East Pier, one fixed green light; erected 1862.

    71. =Beachy Head=, Belle Tout Cliff, lat. 50° 44´ 15´´;
    revolving light every 2 minutes, visible 23 miles; 47 feet
    high; erected 1828.

    72. =Eastbourne=, lat. 50° 45´; a single lamp.

    73. =Hastings=, lat. 50° 52´; upper light on west hill, visible
    12 miles; lower, on beach, visible 5 miles; both _gas_.

    74. =Rye=, Camber, lat. 50° 57´; two fixed lights, _gas_.

    75. =Rye=, the pier-head; two fixed lights; erected 1860.

    76. =Rye=, the Groin; one fixed light, _gas_; erected 1864.

    77. =Dungeness Point=, lat. 50° 54´ 57´´; one fixed light
    (_electric_), visible 15 miles; 107 feet high; erected 1792.

    78. [++]=Varne Shoal= Lightship, lat. 50° 56´; revolving light
    every 20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1860.

    79. =Folkestone=, South Pier-head, lat. 51° 4´; two fixed
    lights, visible 6 miles; 31 feet high; erected 1848.

    80. =Folkestone=, New Pier; one fixed green light, visible 6
    miles; 28 feet high; erected 1860.

    81. =Dover=, Admiralty Pier; one fixed blue light; erected 1849.

    82. =Dover=, South Pier, lat. 51° 7´; three fixed red lights
    (_gas_), visible 12 miles; erected 1852.

    83. =Dover=, North Pier; one fixed red light; erected 1842.

    84. =Dover=, near Clock Tower; one fixed green light; erected
    1852.

    85. =South Foreland=, lat. 51° 8´ 23´´; two fixed lights,
    visible 26 and 23 miles; one light, 69 feet high, the other, 49
    feet; erected 1793.

    86. =Deal=, Iron Pier, one fixed red light; erected 1865.

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