Lady Isle Lighthouse

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1902

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    1903

  • Country

    United Kingdom

  • Commissioning body

    Northern Lighthouse Board

  • Order of lens

    4th order

  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Revolving

  • Active/Inactive

    Active

  • Describe the character of light

    Fl(4)30s19m8M

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    Vertical red stripe on 19m high, white building, alignment with small beacon tower helps with navigation to/from local harbours.

  • Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers

    believe none, certainly nothing current as upgraded/ renovated several times since construction, (mostly 2004)

  • Describe the history of the lighthouse

    Requested by the owners of Troon harbour (3 miles east) and vessels from abroad using the Clyde, completed in January 1903. It was built on top of one of 2 beacons that were used to help craft navigate to local harbours, and to avoid the numerous rocks/shallow areas between Lady Island and the mainland. Being on top of one of the two beacons meant the alignment could still be used. The beacons are believe to have started around 1776. The 2nd Beacon is now a stone, conical tower near the lighthouse. The lighthouse was orginally gas powered, (the tank is still extant), modernised in the 1930s, but was not converted to electric until 2004. It has since altered again to use LED lighting. It was never a manned lighthouse but was not fully automated until electrification. The gas lighting allowed "semi-automation" and the the keeper(s) just to visit on a regular basis.

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Northern Lighthouse Board

  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator

    Marquis of Ailsa is the island owner.

  • Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
    nu
  • Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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  • Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
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  • Is the site open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude
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  • On-site bookable accommodation available
    nu
  • Associated web addresses
  • Other details

    The uninhabited island can be visited via charter boat, usually an R.I.B. The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), doesn't list Lady Island on their website but it does say it is currently incomplete. It has a radar beacon as well as the light. Unusual design with external stairs. the island is an important seabird habitat. Most information is from the enschrage.nl webpage but not all could be verified elsewhere.

    The photo is from https://ayrshireandarran.com/lady-isle/

    ARLHS SCO-117; Admiralty A4562; NGA 4744.

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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added on 17 iunie 2022
Made In Smethwick: Lighthouses Around the World

In the 1800s, Chance Brothers & Co glassworks in Smethwick began making the hi-tech lenses that lighthouses use to warn ships of dangerous locations. By 1951, over 2,500 lighthouses around the world were fitted with a Chance lens.

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