 Aerial view of Needles Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Alum Bay Isle of Wight England |
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| OS grid | SZ2895484811 |
| Coordinates | 50°39′44.2″N 1°35′30.5″W / 50.662278°N 1.591806°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1786 (first) |
| Built by | James Walker  |
| Construction | granite tower |
| Automated | 1994 |
| Height | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with lantern and helipad above lantern |
| Markings | tower with red and white bands |
| Operator | Trinity House[1] [2] |
| Heritage | Grade II listed building |
| Fog signal | two blasts every 30s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1859 (current) |
| Focal height | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Lens | 2nd order 700mm fixed lens |
| Intensity | white: 12,300 candela red (intensified): 3,950 candela red: 1,800 candela green 2,860 candela |
| Range | white and red (intensified): 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) red and green: 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Oc (2) WRG 20s. |
The Needles Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the outermost of the chalk rocks at The Needles on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, near sea level. Designed by James Walker, for Trinity House at a cost of £20,000, it was completed in 1859 from granite blocks. It stands 33.25 metres (109.1 ft) high and is a circular tower with straight sides. It replaced an earlier light tower on top of a cliff overhanging Scratchell's Bay, which was first lit on 29 September 1786.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ Needles Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 3 May 2016