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
87. [++]=Goodwin Sand=, South Sand Head Lightship, lat. 51° 9´
35´´; one fixed light, visible 10 miles; fixed 1832.
88. [++]=Goodwin Sand=, Gall Stream Lightship, lat. 51° 16´;
revolving light every 20 seconds, visible 7 miles; fixed 1809.
89. [++]=Goodwin Sand=, North Sand Head Lightship, lat. 51° 19´
23´´; three fixed lights, visible 10 miles; fixed 1793.
SOUTH-EAST COAST.
90. =Ramsgate=, West Pier-head, lat. 51° 19´ 42´´; one fixed
light, visible 7 miles; 37 feet high.
91. =Ramsgate=, East Pier-head; one light, flashing every 5
seconds, and dark 5 seconds; erected 1867.
Thames River and Mouth; Kent and Essex Banks—Nos. 92 to 115.
[92. =North Foreland=, lat. 51° 22´ 28´´; one fixed light,
visible 19 miles; 85 feet high; erected 1790.
93. =Margate=, West Pier, lat. 51° 24´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; stone column, 70 feet high; erected 1829.
94. [++]=East Tongue Sand= Lightship, lat. 51° 29´; two fixed
lights, visible 10 and 4 miles; fixed 1848.
95. [++]=Princes Channel= Lightship, one revolving light every
20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1836.
96. [++]=West Goodwin Sand= Lightship, lat. 51° 29´; one
revolving light every 30 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1848.
97. [++]=Nore= Lightship, lat. 51° 29´; one revolving light
every 30 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1732.
98. =Sheerness=, left demi-bastion, lat. 51° 26´ 48´´; one
fixed light, _gas_; erected 1859.
99. =Sea Reach=, Southend Pier-head; one red light; erected
1840.
100. §=Sea Reach=, Chapman Head; one fixed light, visible 11
miles; 74 feet high; erected 1849.
101. §=Sea Reach=, Mucking Flat; one fixed light, visible 11
miles; 71 feet high; erected 1849.
102. =Hope Point=, fort; one fixed light, for colliers only;
erected 1852.
103. =Northfleet=, wharf; fixed light on iron frame; erected
1859.
EAST COAST.
104. [++]=Mouse= Lightship, lat. 51° 32´; revolving light every
20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1838.
105. §=Maplin Sands=, lat. 51° 35´; one fixed light, visible 10
miles; 69 feet high; erected 1838.
106. [++]=Middle Swin=, Lightship, lat. 51° 39´; revolving
light every minute, visible 10 miles; fixed 1837.
107. §=Gunfleet Sand=, lat. 51° 45´ 50´´; one revolving light
every 30 seconds, visible 10 miles; 72 feet high; erected 1850.
108. [++]=Sunk= Lightship, lat. 51° 49´ 28´´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; fixed 1802.
109. [++]=Kentish Knock= Lightship, lat. 51° 40´ 50´´; one
revolving light every minute, visible 10 miles; fixed 1840.
110. [++]=Galloper= Lightship, lat. 51° 45´; two fixed lights,
visible 10 miles; fixed 1803.
111a. §=Harwich=, Dovercourt; two fixed lights, visible 12 and
9 miles; 45 and 27 feet high; erected 1863.
111b. =Harwich=, North Jetty; one fixed light; erected 1869.
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