Shinagawa Lighthouse
 Shinagawa Lighthouse, now in Meiji Mura. | |
  Japan | |
| Location |
Shinagawa, Japan (former) Meiji Mura (current) |
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| Coordinates | 35°20′29.9″N 136°59′38.9″E / 35.341639°N 136.994139°ECoordinates: 35°20′29.9″N 136°59′38.9″E / 35.341639°N 136.994139°E |
| Year first lit | 5 March 1870 |
| Deactivated | 1957 |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with gallery and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Original lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | decorative 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 4 lighthouses built by French engineer Léonce Verny. It has now been relocated at the Meiji Mura near Nagoya.[2]
Later lighthouses would be built by the English engineer Richard Henry Brunton, until the Japanese would take over lighthouse construction from 1880[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Shinagawa Lighthouse Lighthouse Directory
- ↑ Global Change: Mankind-marine Environment Interactions Hubert-Jean Ceccaldi p.240
- ↑ "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) |
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| Later Meiji lighthouses (“Brunton’s Children”) |
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| Taisho period lighthouses |
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| Modern lighthouses |
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