Portishead Point Lighthouse
Portishead Point Lighthouse, which is more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, in Portishead, Somerset, England was built in 1931.
History
The 9-metre-high (30 ft) lighthouse was built at Battery Point by the Chance Brothers of Smethwick. It was established in 1931 as an unwatched automatic light.[3] It consists of a black metal pyramid on a concrete base.[4]
Originally it had been intended to provide Portishead Point with a diaphone fog signal, but, in response to local unrest at the prospect, the decision was taken to commission a fog bell instead.[2] The two tonne bell was cast by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon in 1938,[5] and installed the following year.[2] Due to structural concerns, the bell was removed in 1998: later, following public campaigning for restoration, the bell was acquired by Portishead Town Council and returned to the town in 2012.[6] It is installed in Wyndham Way, close to the High Street.[7]
The lighthouse is maintained by the Bristol Port Company.[8] The light was refurbished in 2012.[9]
Gallery
- Close-up of the lighthouse.
- Irene sailing past Portishead Point.
- The bell, displayed on Wyndham Way.
- The lighthouse
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Cooper, F. W. (1979). Twenty Years in Lighthouses (PDF). United States Lighthouse Society. pp. 100–101. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Progress in Illuminating Engineering". The Illuminating Engineer (The Journal of Good Lighting). 24: 307. December 1931.
- ^ "Portishead Point Lighthouse". Worldwide lighthouses. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Battery Point Lighthouse" (PDF). Portishead and North Weston Town Council Newsletter. September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Old lighthouse bell hasn't tolled yet for town". This is Bristol. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ Fowler, Tracey (17 April 2012). "Lighthouse bell to return home". Weston, Worle and Somerset Mercury. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Portishead Point A5484 – Bristol Channel, UK". The Lighthouse Duo. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ "Notice to marners (No 32 of 2012) Portishead light refurbishment". The BRistol Port Company. Retrieved 23 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
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- Portishead Point Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
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