Grand phare de l'Île de Sein
| Grand phare de l'Île de Sein | ||
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| Place: | Sein Island, France | |
| Location: | Finistère , Brittany , France | |
| Geographical location: | 48 ° 2 '37 " N , 4 ° 52' 1" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 3.9 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 49 m | |
| Fire height : | 52.9 m | |
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| Identifier : | four white flashes in 25 seconds | |
| Scope knows: | 29 nm (53.7 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | Halogen 1000 W | |
| Function: | Orientation fire | |
| Operating time: | 1951 | |
Grand phare de l'Île de Sein is the name of a lighthouse built between 1950 and 1951 on the island of Sein in the Atlantic Ocean near the western coast of Brittany in the Finistère department . The construction of a new lighthouse became necessary after the first tower from 1839 was destroyed during World War II in 1944. It has a range of 29 nautical miles .
history
- 1839 Construction of the first lighthouse on Sein with a height of 43 meters
- In 1876 the top 12 m of the tower were painted black
- 1896 Installation of an ether gas lamp
- In 1911 a radio tower was built, which was marked S and transmitted
•••at a wavelength of 150 meters (2 MHz). - With the construction of a power station , the lighting system could be converted to electricity in 1935.
- On August 4, 1944, the lighthouse was destroyed by German troops after the optics were removed.
Current lighthouse
On February 16, 1951, the new tower - built on a cylindrical structure made of reinforced concrete - went into operation. Inside the tower there is a power station and a seawater desalination plant to supply the island with electricity and drinking water.
Radio antenna 1911
Be of the Pointe du Raz seen from
The Ile de Sein as seen from the lighthouse
Seen from the Pointe du Raz , in the foreground the la Vieille lighthouse
