| Nyholmen Lighthouse Nyholmen fyrstasjon | |||||||
| Caption: | View of the lighthouse | ||||||
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 | ||||||
| Mapframe-Marker: | lighthouse | ||||||
| Mapframe-Caption: | Location of the lighthouse | ||||||
| Location: | Nordland, Norway | ||||||
| Yearbuilt: | 2017 (current) | ||||||
| Automated: | 1907 | ||||||
| Yeardeactivated: | 2017 (second) | ||||||
| Construction: | fiberglass | ||||||
| Shape: | cylindrical tower | ||||||
| Marking: | white tower, red roof | ||||||
| Country: | Norway | ||||||
| Countrynumber: | 698000 | ||||||
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Nyholmen Lighthouse (no|Nyholmen fyr, formerly called Bodø fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the extreme southwestern tip of a small island (connected to the mainland by a causeway) in the northern part of the harbour for the town of Bodø.
The light sits atop a 7.4m (24.3feet) tall white, fiberglass tower. The light sits at an elevation of above sea level. It flashes white, red, or green light (depending on direction), occulting once every six seconds.[1]
The original lighthouse was built in 1875 and it consisted of a 5m (16feet) tall octagonal cast iron tower attached to the front corner of a stone, white, -story keeper's house. That light was discontinued in 1907 when a new tower was built closer to the southwestern tip of the island. The new light was automated on the top of a concrete tower. The old lighthouse was transferred to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1987. In 2017, the old 110-year-old concrete light tower was taken down and replaced with a similar fiberglass tower.[2] [3]
. 2018. Norske Fyrliste. Kystverket. Norwegian Coastal Administration. Norwegian. Fagbokforl. . 9788245015959. 2018-11-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143229/http://153.44.6.20/fyrlister/Fyrliste_HeleLandet.pdf. 2018-06-12. dead.