Kallo Lighthouse (

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: ''Kallon majakka'') is a

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located near the island of

Mäntyluoto Mäntyluoto ( sv, Tallholmen) is a district in Pori, Finland. It is mostly industrial and harbour area, including the Mäntyluoto Harbour which is a part of the Port of Pori. Mäntyluoto is the terminus of the Tampere–Pori railway. The Mäntylu ...

in the

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, primarily serving the shipping lane of the

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History

The first lighthouse in the area was built in 1851, but destroyed only three years later as a result of the

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. Its replacement took three decades to arrive, and was completed in 1885. The current lighthouse was built in 1903, designed by a leading architect of the time,

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Facilities

The octagonal tower is constructed of iron over a

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base, and attached to it is the lighthouse keeper's accommodation made of

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. The light source is made up of two separate lights positioned one on top of the other. The lighthouse also features a

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, which was originally manually-operated (hand-cranked), but was motorised in 1906.

Milieu

Kallo is highly unusual among Finland's lighthouses, in that it can be reached by car, and it is therefore a popular destination for visitors. The Mäntyluoto area, comprising mostly late 19th and early 20th-century buildings, includes in addition to the lighthouse and related facilities also the Pori

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station,

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station, cafeteria, and the oldest

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in Finland, '' Segelföreningen i Björneborg''. The milieu has been designated and protected by the

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as a nationally important built cultural environment (''Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö''). Kallon saaren majakka

References

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