Flamborough Head Lighthouse
Flamborough Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire. England. Flamborough Head Lighthouse acts as a waypoint for passing deep sea vessels and coastal traffic, and marks Flamborough Head for vessels heading towards Scarborough and Bridlington.[1][2]
Old lighthouse
The first lighthouse, built by Sir John Clayton, was completed in 1674 and is one of the oldest surviving complete lighthouses in England. Built from chalk, it was never lit. This is now a
Current lighthouse
The present lighthouse, designed by Samuel Wyatt and costing £8,000 to build, was first lit on 1 December 1806. It had a distinctive
In 1872, a new paraffin lamp was installed to the design of James Douglass.[7] Flamborough was the first Trinity House lighthouse to use paraffin, which had only lately been introduced as a lighthouse illuminant; afterwards, the Corporation upgraded all its oil burners to paraffin.[8]
Along with the new lamp, a new
In 1925 the lantern was made taller, to accommodate a new 15-foot lens.
Following automation, the last lighthouse keepers left on 8 May 1996.
In 2022 the lighthouse was once again modernised: the revolving Fresnel optic was removed; it and the emergency light have been replaced by a pair of static LED lanterns.[17] As part of the modernisation programme the visible range of the light was reduced from 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) to 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi).[18]
Fog signal station
In 1859 a
In 1908 an engine house was built next to the cottage and a fog
In 1924 the siren was replaced by a pair of diaphones, mounted in a metal turret on top of a porch added to the front of the engine house.[25] This was itself superseded by an electric fog signal in 1975. In 2022 the signal was altered from two blasts to one long blast, every 90 seconds.[18]
The fog signal compound remains in Trinity House ownership; along with the modern fog signal apparatus, it has since 1998 accommodated a
See also
References
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- ^ a b c "Flamborough Head Lighthouse". Trinity House. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "The Old Lighthouse (1083400)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ a b Tag, Thomas. "Lens Use Prior to Fresnel". United States Lighthouse Society. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Cotton, Joseph (1818). Memoir on the Origin and Incorporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond. London. p. 114.
- ^ a b c Chambers, William; Chambers, Robert (1885). Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts (5th series, Vol. II, No. 85). W. & R. Chambers. p. 514.
- ^ Elliot, George H. (1875). European Light-House Systems. London: Lockwood & co. p. 70 n.3. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ a b Littell, Eliakim; Littell, Robert S. (1887). "Lighthouse Work in the United Kingdom". The Living Age. 174: 247.
- ^ Chance, James Frederick (1902). The Lighthouse Work of Sir James Chance, Baronet (PDF). London: Smith, Elder & co. p. 118. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Monthly Abstract of Nautical Notices". The Nautical Magazine for 1872: 725. July 1872.
- ^ Elliot, George H. (1875). European Light-House Systems. London: Lockwood & co. pp. 117–118. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 28030, Page 4102, 14 June 1907.
- ^ "Flamborough Lighthouse at Flamborough Outer Headland". Visit Hull and East Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Accounts and Papers: 1926 - General Lighthouse Fund". Parliamentary Papers. 16: 8. 1926.
- ^ "Flamborough Head Lighthouse visitor centre". Trinity House. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "The Lighthouse (1083399)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Wood, Alexandra (11 October 2022). "Sweeping beams of Flamborough Lighthouse have been replaced by static LED lights". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Notice to Mariners, 30/08/2022: 31/2022 Flamborough Head Lighthouse". Trinity House. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b Renton, Alan (2001). Lost Sounds: The Story of Coast Fog Signals. Caithness, Scotland: Whittles.
- ^ "Flamborough's lighthouses" (PDF). Flamborough Parish Council. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 24540, Page 119, 8 January 1878.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 26757, Page 3981, 10 July 1896.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 28142, Page 4089, 2 June 1908.
- ^ Photograph c.1910s
- ^ photo (1928)
- ^ Millyard, Simon (Winter 2015). "The new Differential Global Positioning System". Flash (24): 6. Retrieved 21 March 2019.