Shinagawa Lighthouse

Lighthouse
35°20′29.9″N 136°59′38.9″E / 35.341639°N 136.994139°E / 35.341639; 136.994139TowerConstructionbrick towerHeight9 metres (30 ft)Shapecylindrical tower with gallery and lanternMarkingswhite tower and lanternLightFirst lit5 March 1870Deactivated1957Lens4th order Fresnel lensCharacteristicdecorative light[1]

Shinagawa Lighthouse was a lighthouse in Shinagawa (品川第二砲台), south of Tokyo, Japan.

The lighthouse was the third of the four lighthouses built by French engineer Léonce Verny. It was relocated to the Meiji Mura historical theme park near Nagoya.[2]

Later lighthouses would be built by the English engineer Richard Henry Brunton, until the Japanese would take over lighthouse construction in 1880.[3]

The lighthouse was first lit on 5 March 1870.[citation needed]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. ^ Global Change: Mankind-marine Environment Interactions Hubert-Jean Ceccaldi p.240
  3. ^ "The English engineer Richard Henry Brunton continued Verny's work; starting in 1 880, lighthouses were designed by Japanese architects" in Japan encyclopedia Louis Frédéric p.593
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Early Meiji lighthouses
(Léonce Verny)
  • Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869/1925)
  • Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)
  • Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870)
  • Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)
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