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English: Pendeen Watch The coastline here is rugged and can prove deadly to shipping, so the lighthouse was built in 1900. It has a light beam can that be seen over 16 miles out to sea and a fog-horn that scares the living daylights you of you when it sounds! In order get such a light range, it has a monstrous system of lenses that weigh over 2½ tons, but as they float in a trough containing ¾ of a ton of mercury, they can be set in motion by the merest touch... |
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Camera location | 50° 09′ 55″ N, 5° 40′ 19″ W ![]() ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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Object location | 50° 09′ 55″ N, 5° 40′ 20″ W ![]() ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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