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Location |
Portishead Somerset England |
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Coordinates | 51°29′41″N 2°46′25″W / 51.494626°N 2.773586°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1931 |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | metal skeletal tower |
Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal tower enclosed with balcony and light |
Markings | black tower, white basement |
Operator | Bristol Port Company [1] |
Light | |
Focal height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
Lens | 4th-order dioptric [2] |
Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
Characteristic | Q (3) W 10s. |
Portishead Point Lighthouse, which is more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, in Portishead, Somerset, England was built in 1931.
The 9-metre-high (30 ft) lighthouse was built at Battery Point by the Chance Brothers of Smethwick. It was established in 1931 as an unwatched automatic light. [3] It consists of a black metal pyramid on a concrete base. [4]
Originally it had been intended to provide Portishead Point with a diaphone fog signal, but in response to local unrest at the prospect the decision was taken to commission a fog bell instead. [2] The two tonne bell was cast by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon in 1938, [5] and installed the following year. [2] Due to structural concerns the bell was removed in 1998; later, following public campaigning for restoration, the bell was acquired by Portishead Town Council and returned to the town in 2012. [6] It is installed in Wyndham Way close to the High Street. [7]
The lighthouse is maintained by the Bristol Port Company. [8] The light was refurbished in 2012. [9]