Nash Point Lighthouse And Foghorn, South Wales
The foundations were laid in the week before 1st October 1831 and the whole station was completed and exhibited its light for the first time on 1st September 1832.
It is sometimes said that the Lighthouse was built due to the loss of a ship called “The Frolic” which was wrecked on the Nash Sands in March 1831 with the loss of about 78 lives including at least one high-ranking military gentleman. This incident may well have been the reason that construction took place so soon and was completed so quickly though Trinity House had purchased the land and designed the towers and the rest of the station sometime prior to this tragic loss.
Nash Point Lighthouse And Foghorn, South Wales
The foundations were laid in the week before 1st October 1831 and the whole station was completed and exhibited its light for the first time on 1st September 1832.
It is sometimes said that the Lighthouse was built due to the loss of a ship called “The Frolic” which was wrecked on the Nash Sands in March 1831 with the loss of about 78 lives including at least one high-ranking military gentleman. This incident may well have been the reason that construction took place so soon and was completed so quickly though Trinity House had purchased the land and designed the towers and the rest of the station sometime prior to this tragic loss.