Rampside Lighthouse
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File:Rampside, UK Lighthouse.jpg
Rampside Lighthouse in 2012. Piel Island can be seen in the distance
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Location | Rampside Cumbria England |
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Year first constructed | 1875 |
Construction | brick tower |
Tower shape | slim square parallelepiped tower with pyramidal roof, light shown throught a window |
Markings / pattern | unpainted red and yellow brick tower |
Height | 16 metres (52 ft) |
Focal height | 14 metres (46 ft) |
Light source | mains power |
Characteristic | Iso W 2s. |
Admiralty number | A4824.1 |
NGA number | 5076 |
ARLHS number | ENG-201 |
Managing agent | Port of Barrow[1] |
Rampside Lighthouse, also known as "The Needle", is a leading light (navigation beacon) located in the Rampside area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.[2] Built in 1875, it is the only surviving example of 13 such beacons built around Barrow during the late 19th century to aid vessels into the town's port.[3] It stands 20 metres (66 ft) tall and is constructed from red and yellow bricks. Rampside Lighthouse was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage in 1991.[2]
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