 1840 elevation drawing of Wyre Light | |
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| Location | offshore Fleetwood Lancashire England United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53°57′11″N 3°01′37″W / 53.953°N 3.027°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1840 |
| Foundation | wrought iron piles |
| Construction | cast iron screw-pile lighthouse |
| Height | 4.9 metres (16 ft) (piles) |
| Shape | hexagonal frustum structure with platform, keeper's quarter and lantern |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1979[1] |
| Focal height | 14 metres (46 ft) (above half tide level) |
| Range | 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)[2] |
The Wyre Light was a 40-foot (12 m) tall iron screw-pile lighthouse marking the navigation channel to the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England.[3]
- ^ Wyre Light, Fleetwood Archived 4 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine engineering-timelines.com. Retrieved 6 June 2016
- ^ Wyre Lighthouse Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine mycetes.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2016
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwest England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 June 2016.