St Mary's Lighthouse, originariamente costruito nel 1664 su un precedente resti dell'abbazia, poi ricostruito nel 1898, St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, Inghilterra
6328 x 9528 px | 53,6 x 80,7 cm | 21,1 x 31,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
26 giugno 2023
Ubicazione:
St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, UK
Altre informazioni:
St Mary's Lighthouse was originally built in 1664 on an earlier Abbey ruins then rebuilt in 1898, St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England. The first light in the area was in Tynemouth Priory - an 11th-century monastic chapel, whose monks maintained a lantern on the tower to warn passing ships of the danger of the rocks. A lighthouse was built on the site of the current Tynemouth Coastguard station in 1664 using stone from the priory. This lighthouse was demolished when the new lighthouse and adjacent keepers' cottages were built in 1898 on St Mary's Island by the John Miller company of Tynemouth, using 645 blocks of stone and 750, 000 bricks. A first-order 'bi-valve' rotating optic was installed by Barbier & Bénard of Paris, very similar to the one they had provided the previous year for Lundy North Lighthouse; it displayed a group-flashing characteristic, flashing twice every 20 seconds. The lamp was powered by paraffin, and was not electrified until 1977; St Mary's was by then the last Trinity House lighthouse lit by oil.
