Construction masonry tower Height 16 m Range 42,596 m Automated 1989 | Characteristic Fl (2) W 20s. Opened 1858 Focal height 32 m Year first constructed 1858 | |
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Location Kirkabister
Bressay
Shetland Islands
Scotland Deactivated 2012 from Northern Lighthouse Board Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower, black lantern, ochre trim Address Bressay, Shetland ZE2 9ER, UK Similar Cantick Head Lighthouse, Ailsa Craig Lighthouse, Barra Head Lighthouse, Ushenish Lighthouse, Hyskeir Lighthouse | ||
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Bressay Lighthouse is still an active lighthouse in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of Lerwick. It is located on the island of Bressay at Kirkabister Ness overlooking Bressay Sound.
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Lerwick shetland islands south view towards bressay lighthouse from knab point
History
It was one of four lighthouses built in Shetland between 1854 and 1858 which were designed by brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson. David Stevenson initially maintained that building a lighthouse in Shetland waters was impossible, too dangerous and too expensive, and that any ship's captain who took this route was mad.
The shore station was purchased by the Shetland Amenity Trust in 1995 and has been converted into a Marine Heritage Centre. The fog signal was discontinued in the 1980s. The notable red horn was removed, however, the building that housed the siren is still in place and now houses a radar mast, and the five pressurised air tanks are still in place.