Beachy Head Lighthouse
Beachy Head, Eastbourne, Sussex
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Aerial Photo By
Marinas.com
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An earlier lighthouse existed on the cliff top
some way away, this was the
Belle Tout
Lighthouse,
but it had problems due to being too high and above the mist, and the cliff face
concealing it.
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The replacement Beachy Head lighthouse we have today was completed in
1902. It sits 165m in front of
the cliff face. It took 2 years to build using 3,660 tons of Cornish
Granite.
To get to the construction site a cable car
system was developed from the cliff top, that had to transport men and much of
the materials. See image on right.
It was automated in June 1983.
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 Photo by
Paul Gillett
Photo by
Nigel Homer
This is one of the few places
that you can take aerial photos while standing on the ground, the cliff is 90 metres
high. Just remember when looking through your camera, that the next step forward
is a big one.
In January 2010 Trinity House
proposed to deactivate this light, but following opposition from local boaters
it agreed in May to continue the light at reduced power. The fog horn will be
discontinued.
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