Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden

Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden
Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden
Location IJmuiden, Netherlands
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1878
Year first lit 1879
Construction Cast iron
Height 24m
Intensity 23,000 cd (white)
5,500 cd (red)
Range 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) (white)
13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) (red)
Characteristic continuous
Netherlands number

The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("low lighthouse of IJmuiden") is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year. In 1909, the top three sections were moved to Vlieland where they serve as a separate lighthouse. In 1966 the lighthouse was moved slightly.

Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-meter high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse now has five stories and 88 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors. Since 1981 it is a Rijksmonument.

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