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on rocks near the lighthouse on a clear night in 1898, nearly demolishing the lighthouse in the process. Often due to bad weather there was a delay in relieving the men and supplying stores. In January 1901 there was some concern that the men had run short of provisions due to the severe weather. It
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fog rockets to sound a signal twice every ten minutes. The bell was retained for use as an alternative signal, put to use if the explosive signal was not working, until 1897 when it was removed. Even after these improvements, however, the
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was found that there was plenty of stores and the only hardship was their lack of tobacco. They had taken to smoking coffee, hops and tea leaves instead. The explosive signal was altered to sound twice every five minutes in 1899.
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In 1988 the lighthouse was automated: the keepers were withdrawn, a new set of generators was installed and the fog horn was replaced by a new electric emitter. It was initially monitored by a telemetry link from the
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The light was converted to solar power in 2005; it now flashes twice every ten seconds. Seaward flashes are white but they become red – due to tinted sectors – for any vessel straying too close to either
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or the Longships reef as potentially suitable locations. Trinity House sought a leaseholder, who would be responsible for building the tower and maintaining the light in return for the right to levy
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diesel generator sets were installed on the old lamp room floor (occupying the lower part of the lantern). Above them an additional floor was inserted to support a new (reduced height) first-order
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In 1836, Trinity House bought out the lease of the Longships (and other remaining privately-owned lighthouses). The Corporation built a set of keepers' dwellings onshore, near
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on passing ships. The lease was eventually granted, for a period of fifty years, to a Lieutenant Henry Smith (who had previously been involved in trying to establish a
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islets which rises 39 feet (12 m) above high water level. In 1988 the lighthouse was automated, and the keepers withdrawn. It is now remotely monitored from the
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Smith's lighthouse was first lit on 29 September 1795. Built to Wyatt's design, it was a round tower, three storeys high and built of
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The tower was first lit in December 1873, having cost £43,870 to build, and displayed a fixed white light with two red
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was petitioned repeatedly by ship owners for a lighthouse to be built on one of the rocks off Land's End. In 1790
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In 1967 the light was electrified and the tower modified: the 1873 optic was removed and in its place a pair of
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a slightly shorter range of 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi). During poor visibility the
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is an active 19th-century lighthouse about 1.25 mi (2.0 km) off the coast of
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In 1974 a helipad was constructed on top of the lantern, greatly easing access.
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In 1869 Trinity House began constructing a replacement tower to the designs of
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The keepers' cottages on the mainland remained in use until 1988.
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Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
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As of 2021 solar panels surround the lower half of the lantern.
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The original Longships Lighthouse, photographed in the 1860s.
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tapered cylindrical tower with lantern and helipad on the top
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to the south-southeast. The white light has a range of 15
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London Gazette, Issue: 26901, Page: 5734, 19 October 1897
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London Gazette, Issue: 27040, Page: 93, 6 January 1899
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London Gazette, Issue: 25226, Page: 2315, 1 May 1883
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No. 1962. 25 January 1901. p. 3. 812: 794: 576:Longships lighthouse from the landward side. 510:Aerial view of the helipad on the lighthouse 1079:Lost Sounds: The Story of Coast Fog Signals 999: 857: 855: 853: 851: 849: 834:Trinity House website; Longships lighthouse 788:Lighthouses of England and Wales: Longships 781: 779: 777: 775: 773: 771: 769: 737: 695:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1595: 1588: 1574: 1181: 1167: 1070: 943: 457:A 1904 picture postcard of the lighthouse. 291:surveyed the area, and recommended either 44:Longships lighthouse from the seaward side 38: 895: 861: 818: 432:In 1883 Longstone was altered to show an 369: 984:. London: Charles Wilson. 1878. p.  846: 766: 743: 505: 452: 373: 351: 322: 283:In the second half of the 18th century, 900:. 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Longships
Land's End
Cornwall
England
Coordinates
50°4′00.69″N 5°44′48.39″W / 50.0668583°N 5.7467750°W / 50.0668583; -5.7467750
Trinity House
Fog signal
Characteristic
Land's End
Cornwall
Longships
Trinity House
Harwich
Trinity House
John Smeaton
Wolf Rock
dues
beacon
Samuel Wyatt
Fleet Prison
debtor

granite
Argand lamps
reflectors
sea level

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