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Blankenese Low Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the river Elbe, located in the Hamburg district of Blankenese. The previous one entered into service in 1984 and was demolished in November 2020, but replaced by a similar some 200 m river upwards. Blankenese Low Lighthouse and Blankenese High Lighthouse form a range of lights for ships sailing upriver on the Elbe. With a range of 8.4 Kilometres, they have the longest range on the lower Elbe river.
 Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Blankenese, Hamburg |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53°33′20″N 9°48′27″E / 53.555465°N 9.807458°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 2020 |
| Construction | Steel |
| Height | 33 metres (108 ft) |
| Shape | Cylinder tower, 2 Signals lamps |
| Markings | White and Red |
| Light | |
| First lit | since 1. November 2020 |
| Focal height | 32 metres (105 ft), height of light |
| Lens | electric |
| Intensity | 13 Mcd |
| Range | 8,410 metres (4.54 nmi) |
| Characteristic | Glt. W 4s (Equal Light, White, 4 Seconds) |
Description
editIt is made of steel and stands 33 meters tall. The column is striped in red and white with a white steel lantern house at the top with some portholes. It is positioned approximately 30 meter offshore in the river Elbe and some 100 m to the Pier. On the base of the tower is a 7.5 m high level staircase deck. Inside it has a helix staircase going to the top. At the higher podium floor is a door entrance of the structure.[1]
The lighthouse is remotely controlled by the Seemanshöft Pilot Centre and belongs to the Hamburg Port Authority.
Due to the offshore location of the lighthouse, a caisson was used to build the concrete foundation to a depth of 10 meters below the water surface. The lantern house was assembled with the help of a floating crane.
Replacement
editDue to adjustments to the Elbe fairway, both the High and the Low Lighthouses replaced older ones which were demolished.[1][2][3] The Demolition was made by Company Taucher Knoth starting on 5 November 2020 and finishing prior 2021.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Rowlett, Russ (29 December 2020). "Lighthouses of Germany: Hamburg Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "New lighthouses for Blankenese". www.hamburg-port-authority.de. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Meyer-Odewald, Jens (23 October 2018). "Blankenese erhält Deutschlands vierthöchsten Leuchtturm". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links
edit- Blankenese Low Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
- Daten und Bilder bei leuchtturm-atlas.de (in German)
- Daten bei leuchtturm-web.de (in German)
- Beschreibung auf leuchttuerme.net (in German)
- Bilder und Beschreibung Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
