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Name: Hanois Lighthouse  

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Also known as: Les Hanois Lighthouse

Nearest Town or City:
Guernsey, , United Kingdom

Location: Southwest side of Island of Guernsey, western end of Channel Islands, England.


Click to enlarge: Photo   
Photo: British Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society

Managing Organization:
Trinity House

Website: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/les_hanois.html

Notes:
This was the first lighthouse in the world to be built using dovetailed granite blocks interlocking both laterally and vertically. This became the standard for waveswept towers around the world.

Tower Height: 117

Height of Focal Plane: 100

Characteristic and Range: Two white flashes every 13 seconds, visible for 20 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Conical granite tower, helicopter deck at top.

This light is operational

Date Established: 1862

Date Present Tower Built: 1862

Date Automated: 1996

Optics: Now solar-powered modern optic.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? No.

Keepers: Francis Arthur Coleman (c. 1890s - at least 1901)


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