Sept-Îles lighthouse

Sept-Îles lighthouse

Sept-Îles Light, 2013
Location Côtes-d'Armor, France
Coordinates 48°52′43″N 3°29′24″W / 48.87861°N 3.49000°W / 48.87861; -3.49000Coordinates: 48°52′43″N 3°29′24″W / 48.87861°N 3.49000°W / 48.87861; -3.49000
Year first constructed 1835 (first)
Year first lit 1952 (current)
Automated 2007
Construction stone tower
Tower shape semi-cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern unpainted tower, black lantern
Height 20 metres (66 ft)
Focal height 59 metres (194 ft)
Range 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)
Characteristic Fl (3) W 15s
Admiralty number A1786
NGA number 7796
ARLHS number FRA-042[1]
France number FR-0588[2]

The Sept-Îles lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Perros-Guirec, (Côtes-d'Armor) France, located on the Île aux moines, an island of the Sept-Îles archipelago in the English Channel. The island is accessible but the lighthouse is closed to the public.

History

The first lighthouse, a round tower, was illuminated in May 1835, and then replaced in 1854 by a square tower 16 ft (5 m) taller.

Destroyed 4 August 1944, it was rebuilt in 1949 and relit July 1952.

From 1957 onward, it has the used wind for electric power. The wind turbine is the most powerful in service of a French lighthouse.

The archipelago of Sept-Îles has been a bird sanctuary since 1912.

The Sept-Îles lighthouse was one of the last French lighthouses to be manned, and only became automated at the end of August 2007.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://wlol.arlhs.com/lighthouse/FRA42.html ARLS number
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Brittany: Southern Finistère". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

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