Construction cast iron tower Height 24 m Province North Holland Year first constructed 1878 | Year first lit 1879 Focal height 31 metres (102 ft) Opened 1878 Phone +31 14 0255 | |
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Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern red brown tower and dome lantern, white lantern Similar Hoge vuurtoren van IJmui, Den Oever Lighthouse, Groote Kaap, JCJ van Speijk Lighthouse, De Ven | ||
The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("low lighthouse of IJmuiden") is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year. In 1909, the top three sections were moved to Vlieland where they serve as a separate lighthouse. In 1966 the lighthouse was moved slightly.
Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-metre high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse now has five storeys and 88 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors. Since 1981 it is a Rijksmonument.
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