Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden

Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden

Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden
Netherlands
Location IJmuiden, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°27′39″N 4°34′58″E / 52.46083°N 4.58278°E / 52.46083; 4.58278
Year first constructed 1878
Construction Cast iron
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern tower reddish brown and white lantern
Height 43 metres (141 ft)
Focal height 53 metres (174 ft)
Original lens two 4th order Fresnel lenses
Intensity 3,500,000 cd
Range 29 nautical miles (54 km; 33 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 5s.
Admiralty number B0766.1
NGA number 9796
ARLHS number NET-046
Netherlands number NL-1332[1]

The hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("high lighthouse of IJmuiden") is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden.

Together with the Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 35-meter high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse has 159 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors.

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