St Bees Lighthouse
Also known as: St Bees Lighthouse
Trinity House tower (1822 rebuild of a 1718 coal light), Cumbria -- Britain's last coal-fired lighthouse before its 1822 conversion to oil. Automated 1987.
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At a glance
Place
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- St Bees Head / Cumbria
- Locality
- Not recorded
- Water area
- Not recorded
- Coordinate source
- GLA Aids to Navigation Review 2020; published 54°30.818'N 003°38.205'W
Identity
- LUX ID
- LUX-LH-000553
- Review status
- approved
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
- Mobility
- fixed
Structure
- Status
- Not recorded
- Construction date
- Not recorded
- Tower height
- Not recorded
- Tower form
- Not recorded
- Material
- Not recorded
- Daymark / colour scheme
- Not recorded
- Focal height
- Not recorded
- Light height
- Not recorded
Signal
- Light characteristic
- Not recorded
- Light intensity
- Not recorded
- Light range
- Not recorded
- Light number
- Not recorded
- Operation
- Not recorded
- Legacy light IDs
- Not recorded
- Call sign
- Not recorded
- Lens / optics
- Not curated
Position
- Latitude
- 54.51363 Inherited archive field
- Longitude
- -3.63675 Inherited archive field
Light Signature
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Names & naming history
- St Bees Lighthouse
Heritage identity & evidence
Identity
- LUX ID
LUX-LH-000553- Type
- Lighthouse
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
Review & coverage
External identifiers
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Key source-backed claims
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Claim evidence
Latitude
Field support: Needs a reviewed field source
Archive value: Latitude: 54.51363, Longitude: -3.63675
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Key sources
4 active / 4 total in-archive source links. Full sources below
External Identity Graph
- LUX Light ArchiveLUX-LH-000553 Canonical LUX ID
Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.
- Source URLs4 active / 4 total in-record source links Record source URLs
record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.
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History and connections
Lifecycle summary
Coordinate roles
- structure position · Wikidata: Санкт-Бисский маяк (Q2753066)
Related places and objects
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Evidence and data
Coverage: curated-relations
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- St Bees Lighthouse54.51363, -3.63675
Source Evidence
- St Bees Lighthouse - apparatus historyReports that the current St Bees tower was provided with a large first-order catadioptric optic supplied by Chance Brothers & Co.
- St Bees Lighthouse - Trinity HouseOfficial Trinity House page identifies St Bees Lighthouse and lists its first-order rotating optic, active character, range, and navigation role.
- General Lighthouse Authorities Aids to Navigation Review 2020The official General Lighthouse Authorities review publishes the exact WGS84 position used for the reviewed St Bees location.
- The Lighthouse Work of Sir James Chance, BaronetJames Frederick Chance's primary manufacturer history states that a dioptric mirror was made for the first-order light at St Bees.