Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden explained

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.

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