Year first lit 1804 (current) Characteristic LFl W 15s. Height 24 m Year first constructed 1790 (first) | Focal height 21 m (69 ft) Admiralty number A4820 NGA number 5052 Construction stone tower | |
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Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower and lantern Similar Rampside Lighthouse, Burnham‑on‑Sea Round Tower, Pakefield Lighthouse, Gorleston (Range Rear) Lig, Burnham‑on‑Sea High Lighthouse | ||
Walney lighthouse top 6 facts
Walney Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse located on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The current building dates to the early 19th-century and is Grade II* listed as well as being the southernmost man-made structure in Cumbria.
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- Walney lighthouse top 6 facts
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Completed in 1804, the stone lighthouse and its attached cottages actually predate Barrow and its port. The structure was built to replace a smaller wooden lighthouse that was constructed in 1790 to aid in navigation towards the docks at Glasson close to Lancaster and the River Lune. The original lighthouse was destroyed by fire in 1803 and was swiftly replaced by the lighthouse of today. The lighthouse was designed by engineer E. Dawson and saw little change for over a century when an acetylene gaslight system was installed, this was again changed in 1953 to a 'manned' electric light and rotation system. As of 2003 however the lighthouse has remained unmanned.