Marjaniemi Lighthouse

Marjaniemi Lighthouse

Marjaniemi Lighthouse and Pilot Station
Location	Marjaniemi, Hailuoto, Finland
Coordinates	65°02.4′N 24°33.9′E / 65.04°N 24.565°E / 65.04; 24.565
Year first constructed	1871[1]
Year first lit	1872[1]
Automated	1962[1]
Construction	brick tower
Tower shape	cylindrical, three-segment
Markings / pattern	entirely white tower, with red lantern room
Height	25,0 m[1]
Focal height	30,2 m[1]
Original lens	Fresnel lens[1]
Range	19 nautical miles (35 km)

Marjaniemi Lighthouse (Marjaniemen majakka in Finnish) is a lighthouse located in the village of Marjaniemi at the westernmost point of Hailuoto island on the Gulf of Bothnia. The lighthouse is located approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) west from Oulu. The lighthouse was designed by Axel Hampus Dahlström as his fourth lighthouse and it was first lit in 1872.

The tower is brick masonry, and has 110 steps inside with no intermediate floors. Originally the light was equipped with a Fresnel lens system, and it displayed a white light towards a sector clockwise from south to northeast. There were two lighthouse keepers and a master until 1962 when the lighthouse was automated. A pilot station was built next to the tower, currently the pilot station serves as a hotel.

The lighthouse also houses a smaller sector light that is used to guide vessels to and from the fishing harbour. Today the lighthouse also houses a webcam.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Laurell, Seppo (2001). Suomen majakat • Finska fyrar • Finnish lighthouses. Jyväskylä: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Nemo. pp. 71–74. ISBN 952-5180-21-2. 

External links

• Luotokeskus Webcam