Berry Head Lighthouse

Berry Head Lighthouse

Berry Head Lighthouse
Devon
Location Brixham
Devon
England
Coordinates 50°23′58.5″N 3°29′0.4″W / 50.399583°N 3.483444°W / 50.399583; -3.483444Coordinates: 50°23′58.5″N 3°29′0.4″W / 50.399583°N 3.483444°W / 50.399583; -3.483444
Year first constructed 1906
Automated 1921
Tower shape cylindrical lantern with dome attached to equipment building
Markings / pattern white lantern and dome
Height 5 m (16 ft)
Focal height 58 m (190 ft)
Current lens 500 mm 3rd order rotating optic
Intensity 4,200 candela
Range 19 nmi (35 km; 22 mi)
Characteristic Fl (2) W 15s.
Admiralty number A0244
NGA number 0344
ARLHS number ENG 007
Managing agent

Trinity House[1]

[2]

Berry Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse, located at the end Berry Head near Brixham in Devon. It was originally built in 1906, and was then automated and converted to run on acetylene in 1921, and was modernised in 1994 since then it has run on mains electricity.

The light has a range of 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi), giving a double white flash every 15 seconds.[3]

Berry Head is reputedly the shortest lighthouse in Great Britain, but also one of the highest, being only 5 metres (16 ft) tall, but 58 metres (190 ft) above mean sea level. It was also said to be the deepest because the optic was originally turned by a weight falling down a 45 metres (148 ft) deep shaft, though an electric motor is now used.[3]

Semaphore signalling apparatus was on Berry Head before 1875 and acted as the Lloyds' Signal Station for Torbay.

See also


References

  1. ↑ Berry Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 29, 2016
  2. ↑ Berry Head Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved April 29, 2016
  3. 1 2 "Berry Head - Gallery". Trinity House. Trinity House. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

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