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
488. =Rathlin-o-Birne Island=, lat. 54° 39´ 47´´; one fixed
light, visible 16 miles; circular tower, with dome, 63 feet
high; erected 1856, altered 1864.
489. =Killybegs=, St. John´s Point, lat. 54° 34´ 8´´; one fixed
light, visible 14 miles; 47 feet high; erected 1831.
490. =Killybegs=, Rotten Island, lat. 54° 36´ 51´´; one fixed
light, visible 12 miles; 47 feet high; erected 1838.
491. =Sligo Bay=, Black Rock, lat. 54° 18´; one fixed light,
visible 13 miles; lighthouse tower, 47 feet high; erected 1838.
492. =Sligo Bay=, Oyster Island, lat. 54° 18´ 5´´; two fixed
lights, visible 17 miles; each tower 43 feet high; erected 1837.
493. =Broadhaven=, Gubacashel Point, lat. 54° 16´; one fixed
light, visible 12 miles; 50 feet high; erected 1855.
494. =Eagle Rock=, lat. 54° 17´; two fixed lights, visible 20
miles; one 87 feet, the other 64 feet high; 132 yards distant.
495. =Black Rock=, lat. 54° 4´ 10´´; revolving light, with
flash every 30 seconds, visible 23 miles; circular tower, 50
feet high; erected 1864.
496. =Blacksod Point=, lat. 54° 5´ 54´´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; granite tower and dwelling, 41 feet high;
erected 1866.
497. =Clare Island=, lat. 53° 49´ 30´´; one fixed light,
visible 27 miles; 39 feet high; erected 1806.
498. =Inishgort=, lat. 53° 49´ 34´´; one fixed light, visible
10 miles; 26 feet high; erected 1827.
499. =Slyne Head=, Illaunimmul Island, lat. 53° 23´ 58´´; two
lights, one revolving every 2 minutes, visible 15 miles; one
fixed, visible 14 miles; each tower 79 feet high, 142 yards
apart; erected 1836.
Galway Bay—Nos. 500 to 502.
[500. =Eeragh Island=, West Point, lat. 53° 8´ 55´´; one light,
revolving every 3 minutes, visible 16 miles; circular tower,
101 feet; erected 1857.
501. =Inisheer=, South Point, lat. 53° 2´ 40´´; one fixed
light, visible 15 miles; circular tower, 112 feet high; erected
1856.
502. =Mutton Island=, lat. 53° 15´ 13´´; one fixed light,
visible 10 miles; 34 feet high; erected 1817.]
River Shannon—Nos. 503 to 507.
[503. =Loophead=, lat. 52° 33´ 38´´; one fixed light, visible
22 miles; circular white tower, 75 feet high; erected 1853.
504. =Kilcradan Point=, lat. 52° 34´ 47´´; one fixed light,
visible 16 miles; 43 feet high; erected 1824.
505. =Scattery Island=, Rinana Point. Now building.
506. =Tarbert=, Rock, lat. 52° 35´ 30´´; one fixed light,
visible 13 miles; 54 feet high; erected 1834.
507. =Beeves=, Rock, lat. 52° 39´; one fixed light, visible 10
miles; 40 feet high; erected 1854.]
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508. =Tralee=, Samphire Island, lat. 52° 16´ 14´´; one fixed
light, visible 5 miles; circular lighthouse, erected 1834.
509. =Tearaght Island=, lat. 52° 4´. Now building. Will be
lighted, probably, in the autumn of 1870.
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