Great bird sand lighthouse
| Great bird sand lighthouse | ||
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| Place: | Outer Elbe | |
| Location: | Bird sand (sandbank) | |
| Geographical location: | 53 ° 59 '44.1 " N , 8 ° 28' 36.3" E | |
| Fire height : | 39 | |
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| Identifier : | Blz. (3) 12 s, Glt. 3 s, rest. 6 s, Blz. (4) 15 s, Blz. (4) r. 15 s, Blz. r. 3 s,
Ubr. (4) r. 18 s |
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| Scope knows: | Direction- dependent 19–26 nm nm ( error in expression: unrecognized word "direction-dependent" km ) | |
| Scope red: | Direction- dependent 9–12 nm nm ( error in expression: unrecognized word "direction-dependent" km ) | |
| Optics: | Fresnel lenses , precision sector fire | |
| Function: | Guide lights , warning lights and orientation lights | |
| Construction time: | 1973/1974 | |
| Operating time: | May 23, 1974 to October 14, 1998 | |
The Großer Vogelsand lighthouse stood in the southeastern North Sea in the area of the Outer Elbe .
construction
The lighthouse was built in 1973/1974 for 15 million DM and served to mark the Elbe fairway and as a sector light to mark several side fairways . The lighthouse carried guide lights , warning lights and orientation lights . It was controlled fully automatically from Cuxhaven via radio relay .
In total, the lighthouse had three precision sector lights, a rotating optic and a belt optic for several guiding, warning and orientation lights. There was also an acoustic warning system (air-fog sound system) and a radar beacon .
Due to more recent technical developments and a relocation of the Elbe fairway, the lighthouse became superfluous at the end of the 1990s and was switched off as a beacon. The fog signal was in operation until 2004.
The upper part of the tower was dismantled on December 16, 2008 and brought to Bremerhaven . The tower shaft, which was also dismantled, was replaced by a steel tube that continues to serve as a navigation mark without lights .
See also
literature
- Heinrich Bauermeister, Reinhard Scheiblich: Lighthouses on German coasts , 4th edition. Hamburg and Bielefeld 2013. ISBN 978-3-89225-689-2 .
Web links
- Leuchtturm-atlas.de - Information about the tower
- The Großer Vogelsand lighthouse disappears from the mouth of the Elbe. (PDF) WSA Cuxhaven , September 26, 2008, accessed on May 24, 2014 .