HALE HEAD LIGHTHOUSE, HALE, MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND.

            THIS DISUSED BRICK BUILT LIGHTHOUSE AT HALE HEAD, TO THE SOUTH EAST OF LIVERPOOL, WAS BUILT ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER LIGHTHOUSE DATING FROM 1838 AND WAS COMPLETED IN 1907. IT IS NOW A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
THE ORIGINAL LIGHT WAS BUILT 70 YEARS EARLIER WITH A SHORTER STACK. THE TOWER IS 45FT TALL, OR ACCORDING TO ANOTHER SOURCE 58FT TALL, THE LAMP WAS 70FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THE LENSES ARE IN THE MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM IN LIVERPOOL. THE 250 CANDLE POWER LAMP WAS LIT BY OIL, AND IT IS SAID THAT THE BEAM WAS VISIBLE 40 MILES AWAY. 
THE WIDEST PART OF THE MERSEY ESTUARY IS AROUND HERE. THE WATER IS DESERTED NOW, THOUGH ONLY A 100 YEARS AGO IT WAS BUSY WITH SHIPPING SUPPLYING THE INDUSTRIES UP RIVER. THERE ARE SANDSTONE OUTCROPS AND A SMALL SANDY BEACH. 
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE BEACON CONTINUED TO SHINE. THIS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT, AND BOMBS WERE DROPPED IN THE VICINITY. ON ONE OCCASION THE KEEPER'S WIFE WAS MACHINE GUNNED, FROM THE AIR, AS SHE WAS OPENING THE LIGHTHOUSE SHUTTERS.
THE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED "AS AN EXPERIMENT" IN 1958, BUT THE ARRANGEMENT BECAME PERMANENT AND THE EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED. THE LIGHTHOUSE NOW FORMS PART OF A RIVERSIDE PRIVATE RESIDENCE, IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IT IS HOWEVER A LISTED BUILDING.

   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Hale (show map)

Taken on: July 31, 2014

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Camera: NIKON D800, f/9.0, 1/250 sec, 28mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON D800
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	125
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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