Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden

Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden

Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden
Location	IJmuiden, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°27′42.6″N 4°34′28.6″E
Tower
Constructed	1878
Construction	cast iron tower
Height	24 metres (79 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	red brown tower and dome lantern, white lantern
Heritage	Rijksmonument
Light
First lit	1879
Focal height	31 metres (102 ft)
Intensity	white: 23,000 cd red: 5,500 cd
Range	white: 16 nautical miles (30 km) red: 13 nautical miles (24 km)
Characteristic	F WR
Netherlands no.	NL-1330[1]

The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden ("low lighthouse of IJmuiden") is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year. In 1909, the top three sections were moved to Vlieland where they serve as a separate lighthouse. In 1966 the lighthouse was moved slightly.

Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-metre high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal). The lighthouse now has five storeys and 88 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors. Since 1981 it is a Rijksmonument.

See also

• List of lighthouses in the Netherlands
• Cast-iron architecture

Notes

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Netherlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

External links

• Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden on www.vuurtorens.net