Location Bodø
Nordland
Norway Deactivated 1907 (first) Height 7.4 m Automated 1907 | Year first lit 1907 (current) Construction concrete tower Focal height 7.6 m Year first constructed 1875 (first) | |
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Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern roof Similar Bjørnøy Lighthouse, Tennholmen Lighthouse, Måløy–Skarholmen Lighthouse, Åsvær Lighthouse, Landegode Lighthouse | ||
Nyholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Nyholmen fyr, formerly called Bodø fyr) is a lighthouse in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the extreme southwestern tip of a small island (connected to the mainland by a causeway) in the northern part of the Bodø harbor. The light sits atop a 7-metre (23 ft) tall white, concrete tower. The light flashes white, red, or green light (depending on direction), occulting once every 6 seconds.
History
The original lighthouse was built in 1875 and it consisted of a 5-metre (16 ft) tall octagonal cast iron tower attached to the front corner of a stone, white, 1-1/2 story keeper's house. That light was discontinued in 1907 when a new tower was built closer to the southwestern tip of the island. The new light was automated on the top of a concrete tower. The old lighthouse was transferred to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1987.