Marjaniemi Lighthouse

Marjaniemi Lighthouse

Marjaniemi Lighthouse and Pilot Station
Location of Marjaniemi Lighthouse in Finland
Location Marjaniemi, Hailuoto, Finland
Coordinates 65°02.4′N 024°33.9′E / 65.0400°N 24.5650°ECoordinates: 65°02.4′N 024°33.9′E / 65.0400°N 24.5650°E
Year first constructed 1871[1]
Year first lit 1872[1]
Automated 1962[1]
Construction brick tower
Tower shape cylindrical, three-segment
Markings / pattern entirely white tower, with red lantern room
Height 25.0 m (82.0 ft)[1]
Focal height 30.2 m (99 ft)[1]
Original lens Fresnel lens[1]
Range 19 NM (35 km; 22 mi)

Marjaniemi Lighthouse (Finnish: Marjaniemen majakka) is a lighthouse located in the village of Marjaniemi at the westernmost point of Hailuoto island on the Gulf of Bothnia. The lighthouse is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Oulu. The lighthouse was designed by Axel Hampus Dalström as his fourth lighthouse and it was first lit in 1871.

The tower is brick masonry, and has 110 steps inside with no intermediate floors. Originally the light was equipped with a Fresnel lens system, and it displayed a white light towards a sector clockwise from south to northeast. There were two lighthouse keepers and a master until 1962 when the lighthouse was automated. A pilot station was built next to the tower, currently the pilot station serves as a hotel.

The lighthouse also houses a smaller sector light that is used to guide vessels to and from the fishing harbour. Today the lighthouse also houses a webcam.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Laurell, Seppo (2001). Suomen majakat • Finska fyrar • Finnish lighthouses. Jyväskylä: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Nemo. pp. 71–74. ISBN 952-5180-21-2.

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