rearlighthouse

Bringing light into darkness

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 12 older comments, and then…
• domenico milella said:

  Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  There were 4 lighthouses on Wicklow Head: "Two lighthouses, one on Long Hill, the other on the saddle of the head, were built by the Revenue Commissioners to the design of John Trail their engineer, who previously had been involved with the Grand Canal Company between 1769 and 1777. The two lights were established on 1st September 1781. They not only marked the headland but prevented mariners from confusing Wicklow Head with Howth and Hook Head, both of which had single lights. " "Approval to build two new lighthouses was obtained from Trinity House and the Lord Lieutenant in 1816, and work commenced before the end of the year. Mr George Halpin, the Board's Inspector of Works, designed and supervised the building of the lighthouses which was carried out by the Board's tradesmen. Both towers were erected on the same bearing as the 1781 towers, with the new upper lighthouse close to the old front tower and the new front lighthouse tower down the cliff, 37 metres above high water level." From here.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  Google photosphere of this one, the upper 1818 lighthouse. Reverse view showing one of the 1781 lighthouses behind. The lower 1818 lighthouse.

• Niall McAuley said:

  Sharon Corbet The GeoHive 6" from the 1830s shows this as the Upper lighthouse, by the time of the 1908 25" survey, it was disused.

• Niall McAuley said:

  From Sharon Corbet's link :Coinciding with the discontinuance of the upper light in June 1865, the lower light was improved; , so this light was inactive for the entire span 1865-1914.