.jpg) Tater Du Lighthouse in 2013 | |
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| Location | Penzance Cornwall England |
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| Coordinates | 50°03′09″N 5°34′39″W / 50.052394°N 5.577372°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1965 |
| Construction | concrete block tower |
| Automated | 1965 |
| Height | 15 metres (49 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower and lantern |
| Operator | Trinity House |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 34 metres (112 ft) |
| Lens | 4th Order 250Mm Rotating Catadioptric Optic (1965-2022) |
| Light source | LED |
| Intensity | 96,000 candela[1] |
| Range | 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 15s. |
Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives.[2] After the tragedy the Newlyn and Mousehole Fishermen's Association put pressure on Trinity House for a lighthouse to be built, stating that similar tragedies could happen again. The lighthouse, built with concrete blocks, was first lit in July 1965.[3]
- ^ "Tater Du Lighthouse". Trinity House. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Denton, Tony; Leach, Nicholas (2007). Lighthouses of England and Wales. Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing Ltd.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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