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Lighthouse at Dovercourt in Essex
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” - Anne Lamott.
Beautiful day at Dovercourt in Essex with a silhouette of one of the lighthouses in the background.
In 1863 Trinity House erected a pair of cast iron screw-pile lighthouses on the beach, used until 1917 to guide ships around Landguard Point.
When first built the lights used oil lamps and reflectors; in 1878 the High Light was improved with the installation of a prismatic lens assembly, and in the early 1900s it was given a flashing characteristic following the introduction of gas, in place of oil, as the illuminant for both lights.
In 1917 Harwich Harbour Board took over responsibility for navigation marks in the vicinity and chose to mark the deep-water channel with a series of lighted buoys, rendering the lighthouses redundant. The lights were discontinued, but the structures left in situ.
In 1975 both lighthouses were designated as a scheduled monument, together with the stone causeway which runs between them.
Lighthouse at Dovercourt in Essex
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” - Anne Lamott.
Beautiful day at Dovercourt in Essex with a silhouette of one of the lighthouses in the background.
In 1863 Trinity House erected a pair of cast iron screw-pile lighthouses on the beach, used until 1917 to guide ships around Landguard Point.
When first built the lights used oil lamps and reflectors; in 1878 the High Light was improved with the installation of a prismatic lens assembly, and in the early 1900s it was given a flashing characteristic following the introduction of gas, in place of oil, as the illuminant for both lights.
In 1917 Harwich Harbour Board took over responsibility for navigation marks in the vicinity and chose to mark the deep-water channel with a series of lighted buoys, rendering the lighthouses redundant. The lights were discontinued, but the structures left in situ.
In 1975 both lighthouses were designated as a scheduled monument, together with the stone causeway which runs between them.