Location Iōjima, Nagasaki
Japan Construction concrete tower First lit 14 September 1871 | Year first lit 2003 (current) Height 12 m | |
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Year first constructed September 14, 1871 (1871-09-14) (first)
1954 (second) Tower shape hexagonal prism tower with lantern Markings / pattern white tower and lantern Similar Shinagawa Lighthouse, Mutsurejima Lighthouse, Kinkasan Lighthouse, Shirasu Lighthouse, Mikomotoshima Lighthouse | ||
Iojimazaki Lighthouse (伊王島灯台, iōjima tōdai) is a lighthouse in Iōjima, Nagasaki, Japan.
History
Iojimazaki Lighthouse was one of those designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan at the start of the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make it safe for foreign ships to come to Japan.
References
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