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A beautiful morning at Portland Bill
Portland Bill Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1906 to guide vessels heading for Portland and Weymouth as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel
Built1906Height of Tower41 m Height of light above Mean High Water43 mAutomated1996Lamp
LED
CharacterFl (4) 20sIntensity
65,000 candela
Range of light
18 NM
RegionSouth
The Shambles sandbank is marked by a red sector light. Portland Bill and Chesil Beach are the graveyards of many vessels that failed to reach Weymouth or Portland Roads. The Portland Race is caused by the meeting of the tides between the Bill and the Shambles sandbank about 3 miles SE. Strong currents break the sea so fiercely that from the shore a continuous disturbance can be seen.
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse, but his scheme fell through and it was not until early in the eighteenth century that Captain William Holman, supported by the shipowners and Corporation of Weymouth, put a petition to Trinity House for the building of a lighthouse at Portland Bill. Trinity House opposed it suggesting that lights at this point were needless and shipowners could not bear the burden of their upkeep. The people of Weymouth continued their petition and on 26 May 1716 Trinity House obtained a patent from George I. They in turn issued a lease for 61 years to a private consortium who built two lighthouses with enclosed lanterns and coal fires. The lights were badly kept, sometimes not lit at all, and in 1752 an inspection was made by two members of the Board of Trinity House who approached by sea to find "it was nigh two hours after sunset before any light appeared in either of the lighthouses". With the termination of the lease the lights reverted to Trinity House. In 1789 William Johns, a builder of Weymouth under contract to Trinity House, took down one of the towers and erected a new one.It was sited so that it served as a mark by day or night to direct ships moving up and down Channel or into Portland Roads clear of the Race and Shambles.
In August 1788 Argand lamps were installed, Portland being the first lighthouse in England to be fitted with them. In the upper or old house there were two rows, seven in each row, lighted with oil and furnished with highly-polished reflectors. Low light tests were made by Thomas Rogers with his new lens light, and six Argand lamps were installed, their lights increased by lenses.
A seven metre tall white stone obelisk was built in 1844 at the Southern tip of Portland Bill as a warning of a low shelf of rock extending 30 metres south into the sea, which still stands near the current lighthouse.
New high and low lighthouses were built in 1869, but in 1906 Trinity House replaced them with a single tower: the present lighthouse. The old towers can still be seen from the outside - the low light, which is now a bird observatory and field centre, has retained its original appearance but the high light lantern has been removed.
Portland Bill Lighthouse was automated on 18 March 1996.
More recently, the lighthouse was modernised in 2021. The light range was reduced from 25NM to 18NM and hazardous mercury was removed from station.
The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from Trinity House’s Planning Centre in Harwich, Essex.
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Last lights in one of the most beautiful parts of the lagoon (Albufera), to collect rice followed the smoke of burning stubble.
Ultimas luces en una de las partes mas bellas de la albufera, a la recolecta del arroz le sigue el humo de la quema de los rastrojos.
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May 1st 2021
Round 2!!
Southbound Norfolk Southern train 223-30 crosses over the mighty Tennessee River Bridge at the Chickamauga Dam. Todays leader is one of the most unfortunate locomotives for me to shoot! It's always evaded me by either trailing, or coming after dark. Last time I shot it, my camera lense was broke, and wouldn't shoot worth a crap! This time however, I was finally able to snag a great shot of him crossing over Tenbridge in extremely golden light! This makes for the second heritage motor of the day, and this time it's not blurry! The train is just under a mile before they crew change at CP Brown and blast off for Atlanta, GA, with set offs and pickups at Austell, GA and Atlanta.
台南西門路 - 司法宿舍藍晒圖 / 陽光讓臺灣蝴蝶蘭更鮮艷
Simon Road of the Tainan City - Judicial Dormitory Bule Print / Sunlight makes Taiwan's Phalaenopsis more vivid
Simon Vial de la Ciudad de Tainan - Judicial dormitorio Bule Imprimir / La luz del sol hace que la Phalaenopsis de Taiwán sea más vívida
台南西門路 - 司法の寮が青くて感光させます / 日光は台湾の胡蝶蘭に更にあでやかにならせます
Simon Straße der Stadt Tainan - Gerichtliche Schlaf Bule Print / Sonnenlicht macht Taiwans Phalaenopsis lebendiger
Simon route de la ville de Tainan - judiciaire Dortoir Bule Imprimer / La lumière du soleil rend le Phalaenopsis de Taiwan plus vif
Tainan Taiwan / Tainan Taiwán / 台灣台南
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家住安南鹽溪邊
The family lives in nearby the Annan salt river
隔壁就是聽雨軒
The next door listens to the rain porch
一旦落日照大員
The sunset Shineing to the Taiwan at once
左岸青龍飛九天
The left bank white dragon flying in the sky