Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden | |
Location | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
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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.