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
112. =Harwich=, near Landguard Point, lat. 51° 56´ 15´´; one
fixed light, visible 5 miles; 38 feet high; erected 1868.
113. [++]=Cork= Lightship, lat. 51° 46´; one revolving light
every 30 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1844.
114. [++]=Shipwash= Lightship, lat. 52° 1´ 30´´; one fixed red
light, visible 10 miles; fixed 1837.
115. =Orfordness=, lat. 52° 5´; two fixed lights, visible 17
and 14 miles; the high lighthouse 79 feet, the low lighthouse
72 feet; both erected 1792. The high lighthouse is a circular,
and the lower a sixteen-sided edifice.]
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116. =Kessingland=, cliff, lat. 52° 24´ 50´´; one fixed light;
68 feet high; erected 1867.
117. =Lowestoft=, Harbour Pier; two fixed lights; erected 1847.
118. =Lowestoft=, cliff, lat. 52° 29´ 14´´; two fixed lights,
visible 16 and 11 miles; the cliff lighthouse, 53 feet high,
erected 1609; the low lighthouse, on the Ness, 48 feet; erected
1866.
119. =Corton Gatway=; two fixed lights, one 52 feet, the other
18 feet high; erected 1865.
120. [++]=Corton= Lightship, lat. 52° 31´ 15´´; revolving light
every 20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1862.
121. [++]=Hewett Channel=, or St. Nicholas Gate Lightship; two
fixed lights, visible 10 and 4 miles; fixed 1837.
122. =Yarmouth=, South Pier, lat. 52° 34´ 25´´; one fixed
light; erected 1852.
123. [++]=Cocker= Lightship, lat. 52° 41´; revolving light
every minute, visible 10 miles; fixed 1844.
124. =Winterton=, lat. 52° 43´; one fixed light, visible 14
miles; 69 feet high; erected 1790. [The old lighthouse is
mentioned in “Robinson Crusoe.”]
125. [++]=Newarp= Lightship, lat. 52° 45´; three fixed lights,
visible 10 miles; fixed 1791.
126. =Hasborough=, lat. 52° 49´; two fixed lights, visible 17
and 15 miles; 95 feet high; erected 1791.
127. [++]=Hasborough= Lightship, lat. 52° 58´; two fixed
lights, visible 10 miles; fixed 1832.
128. [++]=Leman and Ower= Lightship, lat. 53° 8´ 45´´; two
lights, one revolving every minute and one fixed, visible 10
miles; fixed 1840.
129. =Cromer=, cliff, lat. 52° 56´; one revolving light,
visible 23 miles; 59 feet high; erected 1719.
130. =Hunstanton Point=, lat. 52° 56´ 54´´; one fixed light,
visible 16 miles; 63 feet high; erected 1665.
131. [++]=Lynn Well= Lightship, lat. 53° 1´ 25´´; one revolving
light, every 20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1828.
132. =Lynn=; two fixed lights; erected 1868.
133. =Boston=, Hob Hole; two fixed lights; erected 1868.
134. [++]=Dudgeon= Lightship, lat. 53° 15´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; fixed 1736.
135. [++]=Outer Dowsing= Lightship, lat. 53° 28´ 15´´; one
revolving light every 20 seconds, visible 10 miles; fixed 1861.
Humber River—Nos. 136 to 150.
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