Deactivated 1996 (second) Year first lit 1996 | Focal height 10 m | |
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Location Maryport
Cumbria
England Year first constructed 1796 (first)
1856 (second) Foundation 1-storey stone octagonal prism basement (second) Construction cast iron tower (second)
aluminium tower (current) Tower shape two-stage octagonal prism tower with lantern (second)
square frustum tower with light (current) Similar Burnham‑on‑Sea Round Tower, Gorleston (Range Rear) Lig, Burnham‑on‑Sea High Lighthouse, Pakefield Lighthouse, Rampside Lighthouse | ||
Maryport Lighthouse is a small lighthouse located in Maryport, Cumbria, England, formerly run by the UK's General Lighthouse Authority, Trinity House. The original Maryport lighthouse was built in 1796, and was running on acetylene by 1946. The painter L. S. Lowry used Maryport and the lighthouse in several of his paintings. Trinity House took charge of it in 1961.
In 1996 a new tower (54.7178°N 3.5107°W / 54.7178; -3.5107 (New Maryport Lighthouse, Cumbria)) was built from aluminium and the lighthouse was connected to mains electricity. Before this the lighthouse at Maryport had been the UK's oldest iron lighthouse. At 4.7 metres tall and with a light intensity of only 120 candelas, the new tower was one of Trinity House's smaller beacons, but the light can be seen 6 nmi (6.9 mi) out to sea. In 2010 Trinity House transferred responsibility for the light to the Maryport Harbour Authority.