Gunfleet Lighthouse
Distant view taken in 2010
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| Location | offshore of Frinton-on-Sea Essex England |
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| Coordinates | 51°46′45.12″N 1°21′27″E / 51.7792000°N 1.35750°ECoordinates: 51°46′45.12″N 1°21′27″E / 51.7792000°N 1.35750°E |
| Year first constructed | 1850 |
| Deactivated | 1921 |
| Construction | screw-pile tower |
| Tower shape | hexagonal frustum tower with keeper's quarter, balcony and lantern |
| Height | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| ARLHS number | ENG-049 |
| Managing agent | Gunfleet Sands Windfarm |
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Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. George Henry Saunders was the contractor. Walker and Burges were the Engineers. It is 74 feet (23 m) in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red. The living accommodation comprises a living room, bedroom, kitchen/washroom and storeroom.
It was deactivated in 1921. though still in use as an automated weather station by the Port of London Authority, and marks the northern limit of their jurisdiction.
In 1974 an attempt was made to use the lighthouse as a base for the pirate radio station Radio Atlantis but this was thwarted by the authorities.
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