Blankenese High Lighthouse
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| Location | Blankenese, Hamburg |
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| Coordinates | 53°33′21.5″N 09°48′58.6″E / 53.555972°N 9.816278°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1984 |
| Construction | reinforced concrete |
| Height | 40 metres (130 ft), height of light 39 metres (128 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with inverted conical at the summit |
| Markings | white tower with two horizontal red bands, red summit |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Operator | WSA Hamburg[1] |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 2020 |
| Focal height | 84 metres (276 ft) |
| Lens | electric |
| Intensity | 16 Mcd |
| Range | 8,410 metres (4.54 nmi) |
| Characteristic | white light 2s on, 2s off, synchronized with the front light |
Blankenese High Lighthouse (also known as Blankenese Upper Lighthouse) was a lighthouse on the river Elbe in the Hamburg district of Blankenese, from 1984 to 2020.
Description
[edit]Blankenese High Lighthouse and Blankenese Low Lighthouse form a range of lights for ships sailing upriver on the Elbe. With a range of 8.4 kilometers, they have the longest range on the Unterelbe.[2]
The Blankenese High Lighthouse was 40-meters tall, white-and-red-striped concrete tower with a red steel lantern house was constructed in 1983.[3] It is located in Baurs Park on the Kanonenberg, approximately 1,340 meters from the low light. Inside it has a round staircase leading to the top. Because of its height, the tower has an obstacle lighting for air transport.
The eleven-ton lantern house was assembled using a mobile crane. The range of lights went operational on 29 November 1984.
The lighthouse was remotely controlled by the Seemanshöft Pilot Centre.
Replacement
[edit]Due to adjustments to the Elbe fairway, both the High and the Low Lighthouses were replaced to a similar 62.25 m high at Mühlenberg and demolished.[4][5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Hamburg Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Lighthouse Blankenese Upper". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Diagrams". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ Meyer-Odewald, Jens (23 October 2018). "Blankenese erhält Deutschlands vierthöchsten Leuchtturm". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Braun, Ralf Nehmzow und Carina (23 July 2012). "Blankeneser Leuchttürme werden abgerissen". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "New lighthouses for Blankenese". www.hamburg-port-authority.de. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Blankenese High Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
- Data and images at leuchtturm-atlas.de (in German)
- Data at leuchtturm-web.de (in German)
- Description at leuchttuerme.net (in German)
- Images and description Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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