Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden explained

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.

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