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De Scheveningen Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Scheveningen,
In the 16th century Scheveningen had a lighthouse already, and the church collected money from the ships using it. It was elevated in 1850, and equipped with a copper cupola and a new light. In the 1870s, Dutch lighthouse designer Quirinus Harder got the assignment for a new lighthouse.
The lighthouse is made of
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. It was designed by Quirinus Harder and activated finished in 1875.
History
In the 16th century Scheveningen had a lighthouse already, and the church collected money from the ships using it. It was elevated in 1850, and equipped with a copper cupola and a new light. In the 1870s, Dutch lighthouse designer Quirinus Harder got the assignment for a new lighthouse.
The lighthouse is made of cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron– carbon alloys with a carbon content more than 2%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloy constituents affect its color when fractured: white cast iron has carbide impur ...
and consists of nine segments. At the foot of the tower is one house for the supervisor and four more for the lighthouse keeper. The original light rotated in a mercury bath, which was replaced in the 1960s by an electrical system.
See also
*List of lighthouses in the Netherlands
A list of lighthouses in the Netherlands.
Active lighthouses
Deactivated lighthouses
Demolished
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
* List of lighthouses in Friesland
External links
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* Cast-iron architecture
References
External links
Lighthouses completed in 1875 Lighthouses in South Holland Rijksmonuments in The Hague Towers in The Hague {{Netherlands-lighthouse-stub