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Location | Maryport, United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 54°43′04″N 3°30′38″W / 54.71777°N 3.51069°W |
Maryport Old Lighthouse | |
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Constructed | 1846
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Foundation | 1-storey stone octagonal prism basement |
Construction | cast iron (tower)
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Height | 11 m (36 ft)
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Shape | two-stage octagonal tower with lantern |
Markings | unpainted (foundation), white (tower), black (lantern)
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Heritage |
Grade II listed building
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Deactivated | 1996
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Maryport New Lighthouse | |
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Constructed | 1996
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Construction | aluminium (tower)
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Height | 4.7 m (15 ft), 6 m (20 ft)
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Shape | square
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Markings | white (tower), black (foundation)
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Power source | mains electricity
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Operator |
Trinity House (–2010), Maryport Harbour Authority (2010–)
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First lit | 1996
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Focal height | 10 m (33 ft)
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Intensity | 120 candela
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Range | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)
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Characteristic | Fl W 1.5s
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Maryport Lighthouse is a small lighthouse located in Maryport, Cumbria, England, formerly run by England's general lighthouse authority, Trinity House. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]
Maryport is said to have possessed a small lighthouse in 1796; five years later Robert Stevenson described it in a report as an oil lamp with two reflectors. [2]
In 1833 an Act of Parliament granted permission for a dock to be built at Maryport together with a new pier and lighthouse. Construction was overseen by a new board of trustees and the pier, complete with its lighthouse, was in place by 1846. [3] Both remain in situ and the light is said to be the UK's oldest cast iron lighthouse (though it no longer serves as a navigation light). [4] It is 36 feet (11 m) high and consists of an octagonal metal plinth, column and lantern on top of a rusticated stone base. [1] It was originally gas-lit. [5]
Subsequently, the harbour continued to expand. In 1852, following a storm, the south pier (on which the lighthouse stands) was extended, [6] and a new light was provided at the end of the pier extension (described as a lantern on a post, lit by three gas jets) with a range of 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi). The lighthouse thereafter served as a tidal light, being lit at night only for as long as there was 8 ft (2.4 m) of water within the harbour; (during the day it exhibited a red spherical day mark to signify the same). [5] In 1858 the Harbour Trustees commissioned James Chance to manufacture a small (fourth-order) fixed optic for the lighthouse, [7] which gave the tidal light a range of 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi). [8] The previous year, following completion of the Elizabeth Dock, additional (minor) lights had been installed on the north tongue and south jetty, within the harbour, coloured green and red respectively. [5]
By 1946 the light was powered by acetylene. The painter L. S. Lowry used Maryport and the lighthouse in several of his paintings. [9] Trinity House took charge of it in 1961.
In 1996 Trinity House provided a new aluminium tower ( 54°43′04″N 3°30′39″W / 54.7178°N 3.5107°W) for the end of the pier extension, lit by mains electricity. [2] At 4.7 metres tall and with a light intensity of only 120 candelas, the new tower was one of Trinity House's smaller beacons; it displays a flashing white light visible 6 nmi (6.9 mi) out to sea. [10] [11]
In 2010 Trinity House transferred responsibility for the new light to the Maryport Harbour Authority. [12] The old lighthouse was restored and repainted in 2017 as part of a government-funded initiative for the refurbishment of seaside towns. [13] Maryport Lighthouse was recognised during the 370th Council Meeting of the Round Table of Britain and Ireland
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Location | Maryport, United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 54°43′04″N 3°30′38″W / 54.71777°N 3.51069°W |
Maryport Old Lighthouse | |
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Constructed | 1846
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Foundation | 1-storey stone octagonal prism basement |
Construction | cast iron (tower)
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Height | 11 m (36 ft)
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Shape | two-stage octagonal tower with lantern |
Markings | unpainted (foundation), white (tower), black (lantern)
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Heritage |
Grade II listed building
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Deactivated | 1996
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Maryport New Lighthouse | |
![]() The new light at the end of the pier extension | |
Constructed | 1996
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Construction | aluminium (tower)
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Height | 4.7 m (15 ft), 6 m (20 ft)
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Shape | square
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Markings | white (tower), black (foundation)
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Power source | mains electricity
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Operator |
Trinity House (–2010), Maryport Harbour Authority (2010–)
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First lit | 1996
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Focal height | 10 m (33 ft)
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Intensity | 120 candela
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Range | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)
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Characteristic | Fl W 1.5s
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Maryport Lighthouse is a small lighthouse located in Maryport, Cumbria, England, formerly run by England's general lighthouse authority, Trinity House. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]
Maryport is said to have possessed a small lighthouse in 1796; five years later Robert Stevenson described it in a report as an oil lamp with two reflectors. [2]
In 1833 an Act of Parliament granted permission for a dock to be built at Maryport together with a new pier and lighthouse. Construction was overseen by a new board of trustees and the pier, complete with its lighthouse, was in place by 1846. [3] Both remain in situ and the light is said to be the UK's oldest cast iron lighthouse (though it no longer serves as a navigation light). [4] It is 36 feet (11 m) high and consists of an octagonal metal plinth, column and lantern on top of a rusticated stone base. [1] It was originally gas-lit. [5]
Subsequently, the harbour continued to expand. In 1852, following a storm, the south pier (on which the lighthouse stands) was extended, [6] and a new light was provided at the end of the pier extension (described as a lantern on a post, lit by three gas jets) with a range of 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi). The lighthouse thereafter served as a tidal light, being lit at night only for as long as there was 8 ft (2.4 m) of water within the harbour; (during the day it exhibited a red spherical day mark to signify the same). [5] In 1858 the Harbour Trustees commissioned James Chance to manufacture a small (fourth-order) fixed optic for the lighthouse, [7] which gave the tidal light a range of 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi). [8] The previous year, following completion of the Elizabeth Dock, additional (minor) lights had been installed on the north tongue and south jetty, within the harbour, coloured green and red respectively. [5]
By 1946 the light was powered by acetylene. The painter L. S. Lowry used Maryport and the lighthouse in several of his paintings. [9] Trinity House took charge of it in 1961.
In 1996 Trinity House provided a new aluminium tower ( 54°43′04″N 3°30′39″W / 54.7178°N 3.5107°W) for the end of the pier extension, lit by mains electricity. [2] At 4.7 metres tall and with a light intensity of only 120 candelas, the new tower was one of Trinity House's smaller beacons; it displays a flashing white light visible 6 nmi (6.9 mi) out to sea. [10] [11]
In 2010 Trinity House transferred responsibility for the new light to the Maryport Harbour Authority. [12] The old lighthouse was restored and repainted in 2017 as part of a government-funded initiative for the refurbishment of seaside towns. [13] Maryport Lighthouse was recognised during the 370th Council Meeting of the Round Table of Britain and Ireland