Darłowo Lighthouse

Darłowo Lighthouse
Latarnia Morska Darłowo
Rügenwalde

Darłowo Lighthouse
Poland
Location Darłowo
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates 54°26′25.1″N 16°22′43.1″E / 54.440306°N 16.378639°E / 54.440306; 16.378639Coordinates: 54°26′25.1″N 16°22′43.1″E / 54.440306°N 16.378639°E / 54.440306; 16.378639
Year first constructed 1715 (first)
Year first lit 1885 (current)
Construction brick
Tower shape square tower with balcony attached to the front pilot house
Markings / pattern unpainted tower, white balcony and lantern
Height 21 metres (69 ft)
Focal height 19.70 metres (64.6 ft)
Current lens Fresnel lens
Range 15 miles (24 km)
Admiralty number C2918
NGA number 6564
ARLHS number POL-003
Managing agent Port Darłowo[1]

Darłowo Lighthouse (Polish: Latarnia Morska Darłowo) - a lighthouse on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea in Darłowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship; in Poland.[2]

The lighthouse is located between Gąski (about 40 km to the west) and the Jarosławiec (about 15 km to the east).

History

The first mention of Darłowo Lighthouse is from 1715 when the city council ordered lights to be installed on both sides of the mouth of the river Wieprz.[3] These light installations remained for many years, until 1885 when brick harbour port station was built at the base of the eastern breakwater - to which the tower was square tower. The lighthouse was topped with a red light which had a range of about 6 nautical miles.

The lighthouse was expanded and renovated in 1927, when an extra floor was added to the lighthouse - made out of a metal frame - used as the main lantern room housing a optic with a prism assembled on the thirteenth level of the lighthouse. A twin light source was installed with a changer, each bulb having a power output of 1000 watts. This was the last time the lighthouse upgraded. Only during the modernisation in 1996 was the light source changed for 100 watt halogen bulbs with a six-bulb changer.

Currently the lighthouse is 21 metres in height - with a range of 30 nmi, signaling the way to the port. The lighthouse is open to the public and can be reached by crossing the river Wieprz by a drawbridge.[4]

Technical data

See also

List of lighthouses in Poland

References

  1. ↑ Darłowo Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 14, 2016
  2. ↑ "Pomeranian Duke Town of Darłowo". Darłowo. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lighthouses In Poland". UNC. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lighthouse in Darłowo". Poland POT Travel. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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