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 West Pier Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Whitby North Yorkshire England |
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| OS grid | NZ8994311722 |
| Coordinates | 54°29′34″N 0°36′46″W / 54.492814°N 0.612889°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1831 (first) |
| Construction | wooden tower (current) stone tower (first) |
| Height | 7 metres (23 ft) (current) 25 metres (82 ft) (first) |
| Shape | cylindrical lantern on a four legs skeletal structure (current) cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (first) |
| Markings | red lantern, unpainted structure (current) unpainted tower, white lantern, black lantern dome (first) |
| Operator | Whitby Harbour[1] |
| Heritage | Grade II listed |
| Fog signal | 1 blast every 30s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1914 (current) |
| Focal height | 14 metres (46 ft) (current) |
| Range | 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |
| Characteristic | F G (current) occasionally F G (first) |
References[edit]
- ^ Whitby East Pier The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 May 2016