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
308. =Port-Patrick=, lat. 54° 50´ 20´´; one fixed light,
visible 8 miles; stone tower, 30 feet high; erected 1790,
re-lighted 1856.
309. =Galloway Mull=, south point, lat. 54° 38´ 9´´; one
intermittent light, visible 23 miles, eclipsed 30 seconds in
every 3 minutes; stone lighthouse, 86 feet high; erected 1830.
310. =Little Ross Island=, lat. 54° 56´; one light, flashing
every 5 seconds, visible 18 miles; tower, 65 feet high; erected
1843.
311. =Annan River=, lat. 54° 57´ 50´´; one fixed light; erected
1841.
ENGLAND.
WEST COAST.
312. =Skinburness=, near Silloth, lat. 54° 52´ 30´´; one fixed
light, visible 9 miles; wooden lighthouse, 32 feet high;
erected 1841.
313. §=Lee Scar=, lat. 54° 52´; one fixed light, visible 6
miles; 45 feet high; erected 1841.
314. [++]=Solway= Lightship, lat 54° 48´; one fixed light, red;
erected 1841.
315. =Maryport=, south wooden pier, lat 54° 43´; one fixed
light (_gas_), visible 6 miles; erected 1796.
316. =Maryport=, south stone pier; one fixed light, visible 12
miles; 35 feet high; erected 1834.
317. =Maryport=, jetty; one fixed light, visible 3 miles;
erected 1857.
318. =Maryport=, north tongue; one fixed light (_gas_), visible
3 miles; erected 1857.
319. =Workington=, John Pier and wooden pier, lat. 54° 39´; one
fixed light, visible 11 miles; 23 feet high; built in 1825,
improved 1866.
320. =Harrington=, pier-head, lat. 54° 37´; one fixed light,
visible 11 miles; iron pedestal, 36 feet high; erected 1797.
321. =Whitehaven=, West Pier-head, lat. 54° 33´; one light,
revolving every two minutes, visible 19 miles; tower, 47 feet
high; erected 1821.
322. =Whitehaven=, North Pier-head; one fixed light.
323. =Whitehaven=, Old Quay; one fixed light.
324. =St. Bees Head=, lat. 54° 30´ 50´´; one fixed light,
visible 25 miles; tower, 55 feet high; erected 1866.
ISLE OF MAN.
325. =Ayre Point=, lat, 54° 24´ 56´´; one light, revolving
every 2 minutes, and visible 15 miles; tower 99 feet high;
erected 1818.
326.} =Peel=, lat. 54° 13´; one fixed light at entrance,
visible 8 miles; erected 327.} 1811; and fixed light (_argand_)
on breakwater; erected 1865.
328. =Port Erin=; one fixed green light; erected 1867.
329. =Calf of Man=, Calf Island, lat. 54° 3´; two lights,
revolving every 2 minutes, visible 24 and 22 miles; one 70, the
other 53 feet high; erected 1818.
330. =St. Mary Port=, pier-head, lat. 54° 4´; one fixed light,
visible 9 miles; 18 feet high; erected 1812.
331. =Castletown=, pier-head, lat. 54° 5´; one fixed light,
visible 9 miles; 18 feet high; erected 1812.
332. =Derby Haven=, Fort Island, lat. 54° 5´; one fixed light,
visible 6 miles; 45 feet in height (during the fishing season
only, Aug. 12th to Oct. 10th.)
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