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
462. =Carlingford=, Haulbowline Rock, lat 54° 1´; two fixed
lights, visible 15 miles; tower, 111 feet high; erected 1823.
463. =Carlingford=, Greenore Point, lat. 54° 1´ 55´´; revolving
every 45 seconds, visible 9 miles; 41 feet high; erected 1830.
464. =Dundrum Bay=, St. John’s Point, lat. 54° 13´ 10´´; one
intermittent light, every minute, visible 12 miles; erected
1844.
465. =Ardglass Harbour=, lat. 54° 15´ 10´´; one fixed light,
visible 6 miles; erected 1816.
466. =South Rock=, lat. 54° 23´ 55´´; revolving every 90
seconds, visible 12 miles; 60 feet high; erected 1797.
467. =Donaghadee Harbour=, lat. 54° 38´ 45´´; one fixed light,
visible 12 miles; 53 feet high; erected 1836.
468. =Copeland Island=, lat. 54° 41´ 44´´; one fixed light,
visible 16 miles; tower, 52 feet high; erected 1796.
NORTH COAST.
469. =Belfast Bay=, Hollywood Bank, lat. 54° 39´; one fixed
light, visible 5 miles; erected 1848.
470. =Larne Lough=, Farrs Point, lat 54° 51´ 7´´; one fixed
light, visible 11 miles; tower, 50 feet; erected 1839.
471. =Maidens Rocks=, lat. 54° 55´ 47´´; two fixed lights,
visible 14 and 13 miles; one tower 76 feet, and the other 68
feet high, 800 yards apart; erected 1829.
472. =Rathlin Island=, Altacarry Head; lat. 55° 18´ 10´´; two
lights—the upper, intermittent, bright 50 seconds, dark 10; the
lower fixed—visible 21 miles; lighthouse, 88 feet high; erected
1856.
Lough Foyle—Nos. 473 to 483.
[473. =Inishowen=, Dunagree Point, lat. 55° 13´ 38´´; two
lights, east and west, 183 yards apart; visible 13 miles;
towers, 49 feet high; erected 1837.
474. =Warren Point=; one fixed red light; erected 1801.
475. §=Red Castle=; one fixed light; erected 1852.
476. §=White Castle=; one fixed light; erected 1848.
477. §=Ture=; one fixed light; erected 1850.
478. §=Cunnyberry=, one fixed light; erected 1848.
479. =Culmore Point=; one fixed light, on mast; erected 1848.
480. =Culkeeragh=; one fixed light; erected 1851.
481. =Boom Hall=; one fixed light; red brick tower; erected
1859.
482. [++]=Rosse Bay= Lightship; one fixed light; fixed 1859.
483. =Rock Mill= (near); one fixed light, on mast; erected
1859.]
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484. =Inistrahull Island=, lat. 55° 25´ 55´´; revolving every 2
minutes; 42 feet high; erected 1812.
485. =Lough Swilly=, Fanad Point, lat. 55° 16´ 33´´; one fixed
light, visible 14 miles; 26 feet high; erected 1816.
486. =Tory Island=, lat. 55° 16´ 26´´; one fixed light, visible
16 miles; lighthouse, 87 feet high; erected 1832.
487. =Aranmore Island=, Rinrawros Point, lat. 55° 0´ 52´´; one
light, flashes every 20 seconds, visible 18 miles; circular
tower, 76 feet high; erected 1865.
WEST COAST.
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