Dungeness Lighthouse

Dungeness Lighthouse

The 1961 lighthouse, with the 1901 lighthouse and Dungeness A Nuclear power station beyond
Kent
Location Dungeness
Kent
England
Coordinates 50°54′48.5″N 0°58′33.6″E / 50.913472°N 0.976000°E / 50.913472; 0.976000
Year first constructed 1615 (first)
1635 (second)
1792 (third)
1904 (fourth)
Year first lit 1961 (current)
Automated 1991
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower flared at the top with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern tower with black and white bands, white lantern
Height 43 m (141 ft)
Focal height 40 m (130 ft)
Current lens 4th order catadioptric four panel rotating
Intensity 134,000 Candela
Range 21 nmi (39 km)
Characteristic Fl W 10s.
Fog signal 3 blasts every 60s.
Admiralty number A0876
NGA number 1220
ARLHS number ENG 085
Managing agent

Trinity House[1]

[2]

Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961 and is constructed of precast concrete rings. Its pattern of black and white bands is impregnated into the concrete. It remains in use today, monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations and Planning Centre at Harwich, Essex.[3]

Dungeness Lighthouse is the fifth lighthouse at Dungeness. Construction of the Dungeness nuclear power station obscured the light of the 1904 lighthouse and necessitated yet another lighthouse.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dungeness The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 24, 2016
  2. ↑ Dungeness Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved April 24, 2016
  3. ↑ "Dungeness Lighthouse". Trinity House.


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