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| Location | Offshore, mouth of the Weser River German Bight |
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| Coordinates | 53°51′18″N 8°04′45″E / 53.855°N 8.079167°E |
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| Constructed | 1885 |
| Foundation | steel caisson basement |
| Construction | cast iron |
| Height | 28 metres (92 ft) |
| Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | tower with horizontal white and red bands, black basement, lantern and roof |
| Operator | Förderverein Leuchtturm Roter Sand[1] |
| Heritage | kulturdenkmal  |
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| Deactivated | 1986 |
| Focal height | 24 metres (79 ft) |
Roter Sand is a lighthouse in the North Sea, in the Weser estuary. It entered service in 1885.[2] The light was deactivated in 1986 but the tower still serves as a day beacon. Roter Sand Lighthouse was the first building ever to be erected directly on the sea floor.[3]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Bremerhaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Buddee, Gisela (2010). Elbe/ Weser/ Bremen: Leben am Strom. DuMont Reiseverlag. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-7701-9211-3.
- ^ "Der Leuchtturm Roter Sand – maritimes Wahrzeichen der Nordsee" [Roter Sand Lighthouse – A maritime landmark of the North Sea] (in German). Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.