Christiansø Fyr
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N 55° 19.245 E 015° 11.215
33U E 511861 N 6130501
Christiansø lighthouse ('fyr' in Danish) is located on the top of the Store Tårn (Big tower), former part of the fortress on the Christian's island (= Christiansø).
Waymark Code: WMTNVB
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 12/19/2016
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The lighthouse was designed by Poul de Løvenørn in 1798 and constructed in 1805.
The tower is 16 metres high with a greenish lantern and gallery stands on the top of the granite Store Tårn, which is unpainted. With a range of 18 nautical miles, the light flashes once every five seconds.
The lighthouse consisted of nine parabolic gilded copper mirrors with a diameter of 4 ft, divided into three groups with a four-wick oil burner located in the focal point of each group. Each group was mounted on a horizontal wooden arm projecting from a vertical axel driven by clockwork. The lamps were rotated by clockwork adjusted so that there were three flashes a minute.
The oil lamps remained in operation until 1879 when a lens system with a four-wick burner was introduced. In 1904, the burner was replaced by a paraffin lamp.
In 1973, the Fresnel lens from the decommissioned Hyllekrog Lighthouse was installed.
Focal plane is 29 m; white flash every 5 s.
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