Walney Lighthouse

Walney Lighthouse
The lighthouse photographed in 2008
Cumbria
Location Walney Island
Cumbria
England
Coordinates 54°02′55″N 3°10′38″W / 54.048670°N 3.177216°W / 54.048670; -3.177216Coordinates: 54°02′55″N 3°10′38″W / 54.048670°N 3.177216°W / 54.048670; -3.177216
Year first constructed 1790 (first)
Year first lit 1804 (current)
Construction stone tower
Tower shape octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 24 m (79 ft)
Focal height 21 m (69 ft)
Range 23 nautical mile Edit this on Wikidata
Characteristic LFl W 15s.
Admiralty number A4820
NGA number 5052
ARLHS number ENG-161
Managing agent Lancaster Port Commission[1]
Heritage Grade II* listed building Edit this on Wikidata

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.[2]

Completed in 1804, the stone lighthouse and its attached cottages actually predate Barrow and its port.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Walney Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 May 2016
  2. ↑ "Walney Lighthouse with Two Attached Cottages and Outbuildings". English Heritage. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Walney Lighthouse". Walney Web. Retrieved 10 June 2014.


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