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| Picture No | 10216610 |
| Date | 1884 |
| Description | Lantern of Beachy Head Lighthouse, Sussex 1884 |
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Lantern at Beachy Head lighthouse, Sussex. The lighthouse was built between 1828 and 1831 on Belle Tout Cliff and equipped with a 'catoptric' lantern, which ran on colza oil. Here the lighthouse keeper can be seen cleaning some of the lantern reflectors.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News, January 1884. page 9 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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