Phare des Roches-Douvres
| Phare des Roches-Douvres | ||
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 France , English Channel
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| Location: | On a rock island | |
| Geographical location: | 49 ° 6 '18.2 " N , 2 ° 48' 50.8" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 58 m | |
| Fire height : | 65 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.5s | |
| Operating mode: | Wind energy | |
| Construction time: | 1868 / 1948-1954 | |
| Operating time: | 1868–1944 / since 1952 | |
| International ordinal number: | A 1734 | |
The Phare des Roches-Douvres is a lighthouse ( French Phare ) in the English Channel . It refers to the rock reef of the same name , which only falls dry at low tide . The lighthouse stands about 19 nautical miles (30 kilometers) off the coast of the Côtes-d'Armor department and it is the furthest lighthouse in Europe from a coast.
First tower
The first Phare des Roches-Douvres was a twin of the Phare Amédée . The 58 meter high tower was also made of cast iron and made by François Rigolet's company. For the world exhibition in 1867 , he first stood on the Champ de Mars . After the world exhibition, the tower was dismantled and transported to the Île de Bréhat . From there the reconstruction took place on the Plateau des Roches-Douvres . The beacon was put into operation on December 15, 1868, but construction was not completed until August 1869. In the final phase of the German Western Front , the tower was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in August 1944 .
Second tower
The difficult reconstruction of the lighthouse began in 1948. Granite from the Côte de Granit Rose was chosen as the building material . A temporary beacon on a 17 meter high pylon went into operation in April 1950. Two years later, in April 1952, the lantern on the tower that was still under construction was put into operation.
The construction work for the 58-meter-high tower and the oval five-story beacon keeper's house were completed on June 19, 1954. In July 1971 the beacon was electrified. The electricity is generated by two of its own wind turbines . The last two lighthouse keepers, Dominique Boclé and Philippe Camuzard, left the lighthouse in October 2000. The building has been a French Historic Monument since December 2015 .
The automated beacon shows an identifier of a white flash with a recurrence of five seconds (Fl.W.5s) and the scope will be 24 nautical miles specified. The lighthouse sends its position with the Automatic Identification System .
See also
Web links
- Phare des Roches Douvres. Bibliotheque des Phares, accessed on March 10, 2016 (French).
- Roches Douvres. Retrieved March 10, 2016 (French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry No. IA22001253 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)