Tater Du Lighthouse 300000cp 72 speaker foghorn

BUILD 8.031.tif

Title

Tater Du Lighthouse 300000cp 72 speaker foghorn

Subject

Lighthouse
Landsea
Anno

Description

Tater Du Lighthouse. One of Britain's newest lighthouses, opened by HRH the Duke of Gloucester in July 1965. Situated between Penzance and Land's End, it's 300,000 cp light and 72-speaker foghorn are remotely operated by The Trinity House Depot at Penzance. This was the nearest point of land to the Union Star/Penlee Lifeboat disaster in December 1981.

Publisher

Morrab Library

Date

1965

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Print

Identifier

BUILD 8.031

Coverage

Tater Du

Original Format

photo

Building Name

Tater Du Lighthouse

Period Costume

N

Geolocation