Construction cast iron tower Height 30 m Province South Holland Year first constructed 1875 | Focal height 49 metres (161 ft) Opened 1875 Phone +31 10 402 6200 Architect Quirinus Harder | |
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Location Scheveningen, Netherlands Tower shape dodecagonal prism tower with balcony and gallery Markings / pattern red tower, white balcony and lantern, green lantern dome Range 29 nautical miles (54 km; 33 mi) Address Vuurtorenweg, 2583 DG Den Haag, Netherlands Similar Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, Lighthouse Westhoofd, Maasvlakte Light, Noordwijk Lighthouse, Muzee Scheveningen | ||
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De Scheveningen Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Scheveningen, Netherlands. It was designed by Quirinus Harder and activated finished in 1875.
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History
In the 16th century Scheveningen had a lighthouse already, and the church collected money from the ships using it. It was elevated in 1850, and equipped with a copper cupola and a new light. In the 1870s, Dutch lighthouse designer Quirinus Harder got the assignment for a new lighthouse.
The lighthouse is made of cast iron and consists of nine segments. At the foot of the tower is one house for the supervisor and four more for the lighthouse keeper. The original light rotated in a mercury bath, which was replaced in the 1960s by an electrical system.
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