Bude Light - Bude, Cornwall
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 50° 49.706 W 004° 32.863
30U E 390999 N 5631887
A millennium tribute to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875)
Waymark Code: WMMN5Y
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/13/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Windsocker
Views: 8

"Built in 2000 as a millennium tribute to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875), a prolific Cornish inventor. 30 feet high, it was designed by Carole Vincent and Anthony Fanshawe, and uses fibre optics to light up at night.

Gurney invented the Bude Light, a brilliant light created by introducing oxygen into the centre of a gas or oil flame, in 1830. It was used in the Houses of Parliament, for lighthouses, and to illuminate Gurney's house, now Bude Castle."

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Can you tell us who created the item: Carole Vincent and Anthony Fanshawe

Condition of the item: Great

So what did YOU do for the millennium?: Attended a party

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