Maritime Museum Lighthouse - St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
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dtrebilc
N 49° 10.894 W 002° 06.610
30U E 564847 N 5448021
This lighthouse originally stood at the breakwater at St. Catherine's but is now outside the Jersey Maritime Museum.
Waymark Code: WMM7M7
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 08/05/2014
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The museum is housed in old warehouses on the North Quay in St. Helier. They were renovated in 1997 and turned into the Jersey Maritime Museum.
The lighthouse was built in 1857 and is 8 metres high and painted white.
There is a plaque on the side of the lighthouse with some details.
APART FROM THE FIVE YEARS OF GERMAN
OCCUPATION THIS LIGHT FROM ST. CATHERINE'S
BREAKWATER, SHONE BRIGHT FOR OVER ONE
HUNDRED YEARS TO WARN SEAMEN OF DANGER.
TODAY IT STANDS AS A MONUMNET TO THOSE
ISLANDERS WHO DIED IN CONCENTRATION
CAMPS FAR FROM THEIR ISLAND HOME.
A SYMBOL OF REMEMBRANCE AND
A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY THE BAILIFF
OF JERSEY, SIR PHILIP BAILHACHE
ON 9TH NOVEMBER 1996
The lighthouse is in a public area and can be visited at any time but the lighthouse itself is closed.