Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden | |
Location: | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 52.4608°N 4.5828°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1878 |
Construction: | Cast iron |
Shape: | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | tower reddish brown and white lantern |
Height: | 43m (141feet) |
Focalheight: | 53m (174feet) |
Lens: | two 4th order Fresnel lenses |
Intensity: | 3,500,000 cd |
Range: | 29nmi |
Characteristic: | Fl W 5s. |
Country: | Netherlands |
Countrynumber: | NL-1332 |
Countrylink: | https://web.archive.org/web/20110123101810/http://www.vuurtorens.net/ |
The hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("high lighthouse of IJmuiden") is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden.
Together with the Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 35-meter high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse has 159 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors.