Högby Lighthouse

Högby Lighthouse

Högby Lighthouse
Sweden
Location East of Löttorp
Öland
Sweden
Coordinates 57°08′48″N 17°02′50″E / 57.146568°N 17.047189°E / 57.146568; 17.047189Coordinates: 57°08′48″N 17°02′50″E / 57.146568°N 17.047189°E / 57.146568; 17.047189
Year first constructed 1898
Automated 1967
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape square pyramidal skeletal tower with watch room, balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, grey metallic lantern dome
Height 23 metres (75 ft)
Focal height 21 metres (69 ft)
Original lens 3rd order Fresnel lens
Current lens 3rd order dioptric lens made by AGA
Range 12.5 nautical miles (23 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic LFl (2) W 12s.
Admiralty number C7266
NGA number 7752
ARLHS number SWE-032
Sweden number SV-5487
Managing agent Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)[1]

Högby Lighthouse is a Swedish lightstation. The lighthouse is built of iron and painted white. The design by architect Johan Höjer is unique to Sweden. The tower was exhibited at the Stockholm Exposition in 1897 before being located in Högby on a narrow peninsula. The flame ran on kerosene at first, and was updated with a gas mantle light in 1908. It was electrified in 1945 with a 1000 watt bulb and fully automated in 1967. Today the light runs with a faint 60 watt bulb, and the old rotating Fresnel lens has been replaced. The lighthouse is owned by The Swedish Maritime Administration.

Both the keeper's house and lighthouse is protected as a culturally important building since 1978. Today the keeper's house is a private residence to an artist and contains an art studio and showroom.

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References

  1. ↑ Högby The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 4, 2016



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