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Wangerooge / Westturm Daymark
ARLHS FED-253

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Wangerooge / Westturm Daymark The west tower of Wangerooge is just a day mark and was never in operation as a lighthouse. The position of it's precursor was 800 m more to the south. This old lighthouse was lost in a winter storm flood in 1854. After thr flood the tower stood in flat water and was finally destroyed in 1914. The existing tower was build in 1932/33. Keywords: North Sea;Germany;Wattenmeer;Wangerooge

The west tower of Wangerooge is just a day mark and was never in operation as a lighthouse. The position of it's precursor was 800 m more to the south. This old lighthouse was lost in a winter storm flood in 1854. After thr flood the tower stood in flat water and was finally destroyed in 1914. The existing tower was build in 1932/33.

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Album name:kwolfgang / Germany
Current status (active, not active, museum etc):Daymark
Construction details (year of built, shape etc):1933
Height of the tower, m:56 Focal plane elevation above sea level, m:42
Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc):Fixed point
Any other comments:t
Coordinates (in any format):N53,784715 E007,857515
Displayed:46 times
Date added:Mar 24, 2022
DateTime Original:2021:09:02 11:07:31
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Keywords:North Sea / Germany / Wattenmeer / Wangerooge
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