Eierland Lighthouse

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The Lighthouse Country Eggs is a lighthouse on the northern tip of the Dutch island of Texel. It received its name from the former island eggs country after land reclamation is one of Texel today.

History

In 1835 Dutch coastal planners began the reclamation of the Watts area between the islands of Texel and Country Eggs. After completing this work, the formerly independent Island eggs country was part of the much larger island of Texel. Due to the enormous territorial gains needed new navigational marks. So the state government approved the construction of a lighthouse at the northern tip of Texel new, the contract for the design was the architect Quirinus Harder, who also laid the foundation stone of the new tower on a 20 meter high dune on 25 July 1863. Production started at the red painted tower on 1 November 1864., The then distance between the lighthouse and Coast was 3000 meters.

From 1864 to 1910 the tower was operated with kerosene burners before they were replaced in 1910 by Pharoline burner. The lighthouse was electrified eggs country finally in 1927.

During the uprising of the Georgians in April 1945, the tower was badly damaged, so he had to be significantly redeveloped in the sequence. Thus, a new outer wall was built and the interior completely renovated. In 1977 the tower received a red plastic coating. Since 2009, the tower is accessible to the public and can be climbed up to the 6th floor. The beacon and the lighthouse keeper's office are not accessible. At the level of the 5th floor, there is a tour of the old and the new outer wall. Here Bullet holes are visible.

Light character

The beacon of the lighthouse eggs country reaches a brightness of 2,850,000 candelas and is 29 miles visible. The optics produces two flashes per 10 -second interval; the dominant light color is white. This results in the following code: FL ( 2) W 10s.