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
345. =Fleetwood=, lat. 53° 55´ 36´´; two fixed lights, visible
13 and 9 miles; upper, stone lighthouse, and red lantern;
lower, stone colour; erected 1841.]
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346. =Ribble River=, north-east of entrance, lat. 53° 44´ 38´´;
one intermittent light, every 4 minutes, visible 12 miles;
erected 1865.
347. =Ribble River=, New Pier; light shown about 2 hours before
to 1½ hours after high water.
348. =Ribble River=, Lytham, lat. 53° 44´ 10´´; one fixed light.
Mersey and Dee Rivers, Entrance—Nos. 349 to 361.
[349. [++]=Liverpool=, North-west Lightship; lat. 53° 29´ 30´´;
one light, revolving every minute, visible 11 miles; fixed 1814.
350. [++]=Formby= Lightship, lat. 53° 31´ 40´´; one fixed
light, visible 8 miles; fixed 1834.
351. [++]=Crosby= Lightship, lat. 53° 30´ 40´´; three fixed
lights, visible 8 miles; fixed 1840.
352. =Crosby Point=, lat. 53° 31´ 25´´; one fixed light,
visible 12 miles; lighthouse tower, 74 feet high; erected 1856.
353. =Air Point=, lat. 53° 22´; one fixed light, visible ten
miles; circular tower, 65 feet high; erected 1776.
354. =Hoylake=, lat. 53° 23´ 40´´; two fixed lights, visible 13
and 11 miles; towers, 64 feet and 42 feet high; erected 1763.
355. =Leasowe=, lat. 53° 24´ 49´´; one fixed light, visible 15
miles; lighthouse 110 feet high; erected 1763.
356. =Bidston=, lat. 53° 24´; one fixed light, visible 23
miles; stone lighthouse. 68 feet high; erected 1771.
357. =Rock=, lat. 53° 26´ 43´´; one light, revolving every
minute, visible 14 miles; 94 feet high; erected 1830.
358. =Birkenhead=, New Ferry Pier; one fixed light.
359. =Runcorn=, Old Quay, lat. 53° 20´; one fixed light;
erected 1863.
360. [++]=Runcorn= Lightship; one fixed light; fixed 1866.
361. =Woodside Ferry=; one fixed light; erected 1863.]
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362. =Great Orme Head=, North Point, lat. 53° 20´ 35´´; one
fixed light, visible 24 miles; square castellated stone
lighthouse; erected 1862.
363. =Menai=, Trwyn-Du Point, lat. 53° 18´ 51´´; one fixed
light, visible 9 miles; circular castellated tower, 96 feet
high; erected 1837.
364. =Beaumaris=, pier, lat. 53° 15´ 45´´; one fixed red light.
365. =Lynus Point=, lat. 53° 25´; one intermittent light,
visible 8 seconds, obscured 2 seconds, visible 16 miles;
castellated tower, 36 feet high; erected 1835.
366. =Amlwch Port=, north pier, lat. 53° 25´; one fixed light,
visible 9 miles; erected 1817.
367. =Skerries Island=, lat. 53° 25´ 18´´; one fixed light,
visible 16 miles; circular tower, 75 feet high; erected 1714.
368. =Holyhead=, New Breakwater; one fixed light, visible 4
miles; erected 1850.
369. =Holyhead=, wooden jetty; one fixed light; erected 1864.
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