Anvil Point

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Anvil Point lighthouse
The lighthouse on Anvil Point
The lighthouse on Anvil Point
Place: Swanage , Dorset , England
Location: On the Isle of Purbeck on the English Channel
Geographical location: 50 ° 35 '30.5 "  N , 1 ° 57' 37.4"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '30.5 "  N , 1 ° 57' 37.4"  W.
Height of tower base: 33  m ASL
Fire height : 45
Anvil Point (England)
Anvil Point
Identifier : A white flashing light every ten seconds
Scope knows: 24.3 nm (45 km )
Optics: 4 diaphragms with catadioptric lenses
Operating mode: electric
Function: Sea fire
Construction time: 1880/81
Operating time: since 1881

Anvil Point and the Anvil Point Lighthouse are located near Swanage on the English Channel coast on the Isle of Purbeck , in the county of Dorset , on the south coast of England.

geology

From Orcombe Point , in the west, to the Old Harry Rocks , in the east, a stretch of coastline stretches for 153 kilometers, which was the first natural landscape in England to be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO . Anvil Point is part of the Jurassic Coast , it is one of the natural wonders of the world and the coast is known for its fossils .

Anvil Point is on the grounds of Durlston Country Park and is on a hill about two miles from Swanage town center. Anvil Point is in the eastern part of the Portland Limestone and Purbeck Stone Cliffs, which stretch from Durlston Head to St Albans Head. The Isle of Purbeck area has a long history as a quarry, particularly along the cliffs to the south. The quarries, e.g. B. Tilly Whim Caves , Dancing Ledge , Seacombe and Winspit , were suppliers of Portland limestone , Purbeck stone and Purbeck marble .

The cliffs are popular with geologists, walkers and mountaineers.

The lighthouse

Anvil Point lighthouse

The lighthouse is built from local stone and was completed in 1881. The lighthouse itself is twelve meters high, and due to its elevated position, the light is 45 meters above sea level. The light is positioned to point the ships along the English Channel coast. The Needles Lighthouse (on the Isle of White) to the east, Anvil Point Lighthouse and Portland Bill Lighthouse (on the Isle of Portland) to the west form a straight line. Anvil Point lighthouse is right in the middle.

Originally the light was generated by a paraffin steam burner. During 1960 the lighthouse was modernized and electrified. The Anvil Point lighthouse has a 1000 watt incandescent lamp. A white flashing light with an intensity of 500,000 candela every 10 seconds is characteristic. The range is around 24 nautical miles (1 nautical mile (nm) is 1852 meters). The old fog signal was a 5-minute cannon. The fog signal was replaced by new machines in 1981, but these have now been discontinued. Anvil Point Lighthouse was fully automated on May 31, 1991. It is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Control Center in Harwich . The lighthouse has a visitor center and is sometimes open to the public. Some of the old buildings have been renovated and converted and are now rented out as holiday homes.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dorset and East Devon Coast . UNESCO World Heritage Center. 2001. Retrieved January 14, 2007.