Margate Lighthouse

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Margate Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the end of Margate harbour arm in Kent.[1]

LocationMargate, Kent
Coordinates51.39080°N 1.37808°E / 51.39080; 1.37808
Constructed1828 (first)
1955 (second)
Designed byWilliam Edmunds Edit this on Wikidata
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Margate Lighthouse
LocationMargate, Kent
Coordinates51.39080°N 1.37808°E / 51.39080; 1.37808
Tower
Constructed1828 (first)
1955 (second)
Designed byWilliam Edmunds Edit this on Wikidata
Height20 m (66 ft)
Light
Focal height18 m (59 ft)
Characteristiccontinuous red light
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1828 lighthouse

This lighthouse was designed by the architect William Edmunds and was completed in 1829.[2] It was destroyed in the North Sea flood of 1953.[3] The design was a round Doric column similar to the lighthouse at Whitby.[3]

1955 lighthouse

A replacement lighthouse with an octagonal column was built in 1955.[1][3] This lighthouse features on the series G Bank of England £20 note along with the Turner Contemporary.[4]

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