Koskela Light

Koskela Light

Koskela Light ("Koskelan loisto" in Finnish) is a sector light tower located on the southern shore of Letonniemi promontory in Taskila district of the City of Oulu in Finland. The tower is located within the boundaries of Letonniemi natural preservation. It was built in 1940 to guide vessels towards the Toppila harbour.List of Lights of Finland 1996, page 34. Published by Merenkulkulaitos (Finnish Maritime Administration).]

The tower is 5 meters high octagonal concrete structure with an octagonal steel lantern, resting on a square slab of concrete. The tower was originally painted red with a white lantern. The light displayed a flash every three seconds, green, red or white depending on direction. The focal plane was 5.7 meters and the range was convert|6.6|nmi|km.

The light was noted as an active light in the 1996 List of Lights of Finland, but was not mentioned in the 2000 edition. The light was decativated in the late 1990s and nautical charts dated in 2005 shows the light marked down as a cairn.

Due to the glacial rebound the tower is located convert|150|yd away from the coastline, and is almost completely hidden by the shrub. A footpath leading to the western end of the Letonniemi promontory leads next to the tower. Because the tower resides in an uninhabited and obscured area, it has been targeted by vandals and is covered in graffiti.

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