St Anthony's Lighthouse
 St Anthony's Lighthouse | |
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| Location | St Anthony Head Cornwall England |
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| OS grid | SW8460431149 |
| Coordinates | 50°08′28″N 5°00′57″W / 50.141208°N 5.015851°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1835 |
| Construction | granite tower |
| Automated | 1987 |
| Height | 19 metres (62 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper's house |
| Markings | white tower and lantern |
| Operator | Trinity House[1] |
| Heritage | Grade II listed building  |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Intensity | white: 210,000 candela red 42,000 candela |
| Range | white:22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) red: 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Iso WR 15s. |
St Anthony's Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated on St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, Cornwall, UK. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
History
The lighthouse was built in 1835 by Olver of Falmouth, for Trinity House and the original light came from eight Argand oil lamps. The light source was changed to pressure vapour and later to electricity when electricity was connected in 1954. Today the light is automated, flashing every 15 seconds, with a red sector for The Manacles rocks and a range of 22 miles. The fog horn blasts once every 30 seconds.[2]
When the fog bell was dismantled in 1954 which hung from the gallery at the front of the tower it was donated to a local church but, after many years of sitting on the church front lawn, was taken away to be melted down.
St. Anthony's lighthouse was featured in the UK version of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, as "Fraggle Rock Lighthouse" in external scenes. Nearby St. Mawes also featured in some scenes from the programme.
See also
References
- ^ St. Anthony's Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 23, 2016
- ^ Denton, Tony; Leach, Nicholas (2007). Lighthouses of England and Wales. Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing Ltd.
External links
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