Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse
Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse (also called the Countisbury Foreland Lighthouse, after the nearby village) is located on Foreland Point; it was originally simply named 'The Foreland Lighthouse'.[2] First lit on 28 September 1900, the lighthouse was built to assist vessels passing through the Bristol Channel, and is a round brick tower painted white.[3] The light is 67 metres (220 ft) above the high tide, and flashes 4 times every 15 seconds; the optic ('a 1st Order dioptric apparatus, eight panels in two groups of four, revolving on a motor driven mercury float pedestal')[4] was manufactured by Chance Brothers & Co.[5] and is very similar to that installed in Pendeen Lighthouse the same year.[6] It was rotated by clockwork until 1975.[2] Initially, the light was said to have the power of 56,750 candles;[3] later (its oil lamp having been superseded by a more powerful paraffin vapour burner) the intensity of the light was rated at around 190,000 candlepower.[7]
In 1906, the lighthouse was provided with an explosive
The light was electrified in 1975, when diesel generators were installed. Mains electricity was brought to the lighthouse in 1989,
Lynmouth Foreland had always been an unpopular posting among lighthouse keepers, not least because (due to its position on a steep north-facing slope) the isolated compound never sees the sun except during the three months of high summer.[12] The lighthouse keeper's cottage is now a National Trust holiday cottage. Porpoise and sea birds can be spied from its windows, and deer often shelter in the combe down to the lighthouse.
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References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwest England (Devon and Cornwall)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "DAS incorporating Heritage Statement Replacement Light System at Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse". Exmoor National Park. Trinity House. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b London Gazette, Issue 27237, Page 6260, 12 October 1900.
- ^ a b "Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse". Trinity House.
- ^ Chance, James Frederick (2018). A History of the Firm of Chance Brothers & Co. Sheffield: Society of Glass Manufacturers. p. 189.
- ^ "Pendeen Lighthouse". Worldwide Lighthouses. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Coastal Warnings to Mariners that Interest the Holiday Visitor". The Illustrated London News. 183: 315. 26 August 1933.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 27935, Page 5145, 27 July 1906.
- ^ a b c Renton, Alan (2001). Lost Sounds: The Story of Coast Fog Signals. Caithness, Scotland: Whittles.
- ^ "Misc". Apollo: The International Magazine of Arts. 77 (11): 69. January 1963.
- ^ Wannell, Malcolm (June 1989). "Lynmouth Foreland Electrification". Flash: 7–12.
- ^ Woodman, Richard; Wilson, Jane (2002). The Lighthouses of Trinity House. Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.: Thomas Reed. pp. 96–97.
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