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
[136. [++]=Spurn= Lightship, lat. 53° 34´; one light revolving
every minute, visible 10 miles; fixed 1820.
137. =Spurn Point=, lat. 53° 34´ 44´´; two lighthouses, with
fixed lights; one, visible 15 miles, 112 feet high; the other,
visible 12 miles, 76 feet high; erected 1776.
138. [++]=Bull Sand= Lightship, lat, 53° 34´; one fixed light,
visible 8 miles; fixed 1851.
139. =Grimsby=, pier-head; two fixed red lights.
140. =Stallingborough=, ferry, lat. 53° 37´; one fixed light;
erected 1849.
141. =Killingholm=, lat. 53° 39´; three fixed lights, visible
11 miles; high lighthouse, 77 feet high, erected 1831; north
tower, 45 feet high, erected 1836; south-east tower, 45 feet
high; erected 1852.
142. =Paull=, lat. 53° 43´; one fixed light, visible 7 miles;
30 feet high; erected 1836.
143. [++]=Hebbles= Lightship, lat. 53° 44´; one fixed light,
visible 5 miles; fixed 1839.
144. =Chaldersness=; one fixed light; erected 1863.
145. =Winteringham=; two fixed lights; erected 1862.
146. =Brough=; two fixed lights.
147. [++]=Whitton= Lightship; two fixed lights; fixed 1865.
148. =Whitton=, New Pier; two fixed lights; erected 1862.
149. =Walker=; one fixed blue light; erected 1863.
150. =Faxfleetness=; one fixed light; erected 1863.]
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151. =Bridlington=, North Pier-head, lat. 54° 5´ 12´´; one
fixed light; erected 1852.
152. =Flamborough Head=, lat. 54° 7´; revolving light every two
minutes, visible 21 miles; 87 feet high; erected 1806.
153. =Scarborough=, Vincent Pier, lat. 54° 17´; one fixed
light, visible 13 miles; 56 feet high; erected 1806.
154. =Whitby=, West Pier-head, lat. 54° 30´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; 60 feet high; erected 1831.
155. =Whitby=, East Pier-head; one fixed light, visible 8
miles; erected 1855.
156. =High Whitby=, lat. 54° 28´ 40´´; two fixed lights,
visible 23 miles; south lighthouse, 66 feet high; north tower,
46 feet high.
River Tees—Nos. 157 to 160.
[157. =Brand Sand=, lat. 54° 38´; two lighthouses, 60 and 45
feet high; erected 1839. Not used.
158. =Fifth Buoy=, lat. 54° 37´ 36´´; one fixed light on piles;
erected 1866.
159. =Seal Sand=, one fixed red light.
160. =Seaton=, lat. 54° 50´; high lighthouse, ½ mile inland,
70 feet high, erected 1839; low lighthouse, on shore, fixed
lights, visible 13 miles.]
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161. =Hartlepool=, North Pier-head; one fixed green light;
erected 1855.
162. =Hartlepool=, Pier-head, lat. 54° 51´; one fixed light,
visible 7 miles; erected 1836.
163. =Hartlepool=, Heugh, lat. 54° 41´ 51´´; two fixed lights,
visible 15 and 4 miles; 73 feet high; erected 1847.
164. =Seaham=, South Pier-head, lat. 54° 50´; one fixed light,
visible 4 miles; erected 1846.
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