Nieuwe Sluis

Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse
Breskens

Nieuwe Sluis
Netherlands
Location Breskens
Netherlands
Coordinates 51°24′25″N 3°31′17″E / 51.40694°N 3.52139°E / 51.40694; 3.52139
Year first constructed 1868
Deactivated 2011
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape tapered octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern tower with white and black horizontal bands, black lantern and white dome
Height 284 metres (932 ft)
Focal height 22 metres (72 ft)
Intensity 11,000 cd
Range 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
Characteristic OC 10s.
Admiralty number B0166.1
NGA number 9120
ARLHS number NET-018
Netherlands number NL-0046[1]

Nieuwe Sluis is a Dutch lighthouse in the Nieuwesluis community, a few miles west of Breskens, Zeeland.

History

Designed by Quirinus Harder, it was built between 1866 and 1867. The octagonal, black and white tower marks the entrance to the Westerschelde. The tower is 28.4 metres (93 ft) tall and consists of five stories. It is part of a series of lights marking the end of the Schelde river and guide traffic between the North Sea and the harbor of Antwerp.

Nieuwe Sluis is the oldest extant cast iron lighthouse in the Netherlands after the one in Renesse was demolished in 1915. Initially it was yellow, then it received red-white bands, before it was painted black and white. The lens assembly was made by the French company of Barbier, Bénard & Turenne, and includes a copper cupola. Initially it was the first in a series of leading lights. During World War II the lighthouse was deactivated and covered in camouflage paint; it was not reactivated until 1951.

Originally the lighthouse stood on top of the dike, but when that dike was raised as part of the Delta Works the lighthouse ended up on the seaside.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Netherlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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