Portishead Point lighthouse

Portishead Point lighthouse
Battery Point

Portishead Point lighthouse also known as Battery Point lighthouse
Somerset
Location Portishead
Somerset
England
Coordinates 51°29′41″N 2°46′25″W / 51.494626°N 2.773586°W / 51.494626; -2.773586Coordinates: 51°29′41″N 2°46′25″W / 51.494626°N 2.773586°W / 51.494626; -2.773586
Year first constructed 1931
Foundation concrete base
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape square pyramidal tower enclosed with balcony and light
Markings / pattern black tower, white basement
Height 9 metres (30 ft)
Focal height 9 metres (30 ft)
Range 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
Characteristic Q (3) W 10s.
Admiralty number A5484
NGA number 6144
ARLHS number ENG-106
Managing agent Bristol Port Company[1]

Portishead Point lighthouse, which is more commonly known as Battery Point lighthouse, in Portishead, Somerset, England was built in 1931.

History

The 9-metre-high (30 ft) lighthouse was built at Battery Point by the Chance Brothers of Smethwick. It consists of a black metal pyramid on a concrete base.[2]

A two tonne fog bell, cast by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon,[3] which used to hang on the structure was removed in 1998. Following public campaigning for restoration the bell was acquired by Portishead Town Council and returned to the town in 2012.[4] It is installed in Wyndham Way close to the High Street.[5]

The lighthouse is currently maintained by the Bristol Port Company.[6] The light was refurbished in 2012.[7]

See also


References

  1. ↑ Portishead Point The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 28 April 2016
  2. ↑ "Portishead Point Lighthouse". Worldwide lighthouses. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Battery Point Lighthouse" (PDF). Portishead and North Weston Town Council Newsletter. September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Old lighthouse bell hasn't tolled yet for town". This is Bristol. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Fowler, Tracey (17 April 2012). "Lighthouse bell to return home". Weston, Worle and Somerset Mercury. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Portishead Point A5484 – Bristol Channel, UK". The Lighthouse Duo. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "Notice to marners (No 32 of 2012) Portishead light refurbishment". The BRistol Port Company. Retrieved 23 September 2012.



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