Scheveningen Lighthouse

De Scheveningen Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Scheveningen, Netherlands. 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 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
  • Cast-iron architecture
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Miss Traze
4 September 2011
In the weekend you can clime up the lighthouse,give it a go and enjoy the view of the Sea and village around the lighthouse
Andrey T
13 December 2015
отличный пляж, в жаркий день очень комфортно - свежесть северного моря????
Henk Rudolph
2 September 2013
Mooi zo'n oudewets veiligheidsmiddel voor de scheepvaart.
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Zeekant 12, 2586 NA Den Haag, Netherlands Get directions
Sun 11:00 AM–9:00 PM
Mon 4:00 PM–10:00 PM
Tue 3:00 PM–7:00 PM
Wed 2:00 PM–8:00 PM
Thu 1:00 PM–5:00 PM
Fri 11:00 AM–11:00 PM

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