Gunfleet Lighthouse
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Gunfleet Lighthouse[2] is a derelict screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. George Henry Saunders was the contractor. Walker and Burges were the Engineers.[3] It is 74 feet (23 m) in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red.[4] It was first lit on 1 May 1856, replacing a light vessel which had been on station there since 1850.[5]
When in use, the lighthouse was staffed by two keepers. They were accommodated in a single-storey dwelling, immediately below the lantern, which was divided into a living room (also used as a kitchen), a bed room and an oil room (in which the fuel for the lamps was stored). The walls and roof were of corrugated iron, with wrought iron angle plates. Additional storage space was provided in the 'inverted pyramid' beneath the dwelling, which was accessed by a ladder from the gallery.[6]
The light flashed red once every 30 seconds; it was lit using Argand lamps and reflectors mounted on a revolving triangular frame, with a pane of red glass mounted in front of each reflector. Initially nine lamps and reflectors were used (three groups of three),[7] but the number was later increased to fifteen (three groups of five).[6] It also had a fog bell, which sounded once every ten seconds in bad weather; like the lamp mechanism, it was driven by clockwork.[8]
In 1908 the light was upgraded to flash red once every fifteen seconds;[9] thereafter it was listed as a dioptric light (i.e. equipped with lenses rather than reflectors).[10]
The light and fog signal continued to be listed as active into the 1940s,[11] but by 1951 it had been decommissioned.[12]
It remains in use as an automated weather station by the Port of London Authority,[4] and marks the northern limit of their jurisdiction.[13]
In 1974 an attempt was made to use the lighthouse as a base for the pirate radio station Radio Atlantis but this was thwarted by the authorities.[14]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gunfleet Lighthouse". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gunfleet Lighthouse". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nautical Intelligence". The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review. 35 (1): 105. July 1856.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Light-houses". Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine. XIV (LXXXVI): 102. February 1876.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lighthouse management : the report of the Royal Commissioners on Lights, Buoys, and Beacons, 1861, examined and refuted Vol. 1". 1861. p. 33.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lighthouse management : the report of the Royal Commissioners on Lights, Buoys, and Beacons, 1861, examined and refuted Vol. 2". 1861. p. 77.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue: 28149, Page:4483, 19 June 1908.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pile Lighthouses. Typical Data". Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 44: 230. February 1921.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."British Islands, English Channel and North Sea". List of Lights and Fog Signals (33): 76. 1946.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sailing Directions for the East Coast of England. United States Naval Oceanographic Office. 1951. p. 214.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tide Tables and Port Information" (PDF). Port of London Authority. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gunfleet Lighthouse". Offshore Radio Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
External links
- 2005 tour of the lighthouse (including internal photographs) Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- More external photographs from 2005 Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Day-trip to Gunfleet Lighthouse
- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
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