File:Beachy Head Lighthouse with cliffs, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 718991.jpg
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English: Beachy Head Lighthouse with cliffs, East Sussex. View of the lighthouse at Beachy Head with the cliffs taken from a pleasure boat in 1971. There have been a number of cliff falls since this image was taken and the lighthouse is no longer so near to the cliffs.
It is said that as early as 1670 a light shone to guide passing vessels from the top of the cliffs at Beachy Head, the 90 metres high seaward termination of the Sussex Downs. In 1828 James Walker erected Belle Toute Lighthouse42529, a 14 metre high circular tower, on the headland. This remained in operation till 1899 when it was abandoned due to being frequently shrouded in mist and threatened with collapse because of recurrent falls of chalk from the cliff. In 1902 under the direction of Sir Thomas Matthews, the Trinity House Engineer-in-Chief, the present lighthouse was brought into service, sited about 165 metres seawards from the base of the cliffs. It took two years to complete and involved building a coffer-dam and a cableway from the top of the cliffs to carry materials down to the site. 3,660 tons of Cornish granite were used in the construction of the tower. Beachy Head lighthouse was automated and demanned in June 1983. It is monitored 24 hours a day from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/beachy_head.html http://www.beachyhead.org.uk/about_the_area.html 1270131is how it looked in 2008 |
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| Author | Christine Matthews |
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