Berry Head Lighthouse
| Berry Head Lighthouse | |
 Berry Head Lighthouse | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX946565 |
| Location: | 50°23’58"N, 3°29’0"W |
| Characteristics | |
| Height: | 16 feet |
| Tower shape: | cylindrical lantern with dome attached to equipment building |
| Tower marking: | white lantern and dome |
| Light: | Fl (2) W 15s. |
| Intensity: | 4,200 candela |
| Focal height: | 190 feet |
| Range: | 19 nautical miles |
| Admiralty No.: | A0244 |
| History | |
| Built 1906 | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Trinity House |
Berry Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse standing at the end of Berry Head, the headland marking the southern end of Tor Bay in Devon. The lighthouse is just east of the fishing harbour town of Brixham.
The lighthouse was originally built in 1906. It was automated early, in 1921, and at that time was converted to run on acetylene. It was modernised in 1994 to run on mains electricity.
The light has a range of 19 nautical miles, giving a double white flash every 15 seconds.[1]
Berry Head is reputedly the shortest lighthouse in Great Britain, but also one of the highest, being only 16 feet tall, but 90 feet above mean sea level. It was also said to be the deepest because until electrification the optic was turned by a weight descending a shaft 150 feet deep.[1]
Semaphore signalling apparatus stood on Berry Head before 1875 and acted as the Lloyds' Signal Station for Torbay.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Berry Head – Gallery - Trinity House
- Berry Head; Forts, Lighthouse and House - Torbytes
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