Nyholmen Lighthouse

Nyholmen Lighthouse

View of the lighthouse
Nordland
Location Bodø
Nordland
Norway
Coordinates 67°17′10.9″N 14°21′54.5″E / 67.286361°N 14.365139°E / 67.286361; 14.365139Coordinates: 67°17′10.9″N 14°21′54.5″E / 67.286361°N 14.365139°E / 67.286361; 14.365139
Year first constructed 1875 (first)
Year first lit 1907 (current)
Automated 1907
Deactivated 1907 (first)
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern roof
Height 7.4 metres (24 ft)
Focal height 7.6 metres (25 ft)
Range 10.1 nmi (18.7 km; 11.6 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG 6s.
Admiralty number L2537
NGA number 10724
ARLHS number NOR-440 (current)
NOR-173 (first)
Norway number NF-6980

Nyholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Nyholmen fyr, formerly called Bodø fyr) is a lighthouse in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the extreme southwestern tip of a small island (connected to the mainland by a causeway) in the northern part of the Bodø harbor. The light sits atop a 7-metre (23 ft) tall white, concrete tower. The light flashes white, red, or green light (depending on direction), occulting once every 6 seconds.[1]

History

The original lighthouse

The original lighthouse was built in 1875 and it consisted of a 5-metre (16 ft) tall octagonal cast iron tower attached to the front corner of a stone, white, 1-1/2 story keeper's house. That light was discontinued in 1907 when a new tower was built closer to the southwestern tip of the island. The new light was automated on the top of a concrete tower. The old lighthouse was transferred to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1987.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kystverket (2011). Norske Fyrliste 2011 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 9788245010398.
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ (19 July 2011). "Lighthouses of Norway: Bodø and Narvik Areas". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  3. ↑ Norske Fyrhistorisk Forening. "Bodø/Nyholmen fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-03-14.


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