Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden | |
Location: | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 52.4618°N 4.5746°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1878 |
Yearlit: | 1879 |
Construction: | cast iron tower |
Shape: | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | red brown tower and dome lantern, white lantern |
Height: | 24m (79feet) |
Focalheight: | 31m (102feet) |
Intensity: | white: 23,000 cd red: 5,500 cd |
Range: | white: 16nmi red: 13nmi |
Characteristic: | F WR |
Country: | Netherlands |
Countrynumber: | NL-1330 |
Countrylink: | https://web.archive.org/web/20110123101810/http://www.vuurtorens.net/ |
The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("low 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 and activated the following year. In 1909, the top three sections were moved to Vlieland where they serve as a separate lighthouse. In 1966 the lighthouse was moved slightly.
Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-metre high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse now has five storeys and 88 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors. Since 1981 it is a Rijksmonument.