Buda (Buda mouth of the Ebro) Lighthouse
Buda Lighthouse 3D integration in real image
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Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
1861
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Date of lighthouse construction
1864
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Country
Spain
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Commissioning body
Director of Public Works.
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Order of lens
2nd order
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Fixed or revolving lens
Revolving
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Active/Inactive
Inactive
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Describe the character of light
Unknown
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
The lighthouse was an iron structure 53 metres high with an accommodation block near the base and a central staircase.
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Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
None known
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Describe the history of the lighthouse
Very little information is available regarding the history of the lighthouse though there is a myriad of information available regarding it's construction. The island of Buda is a maritime fluvial island located at the eastern end of the Ebro Delta in the province of Tarragona in Spain where the river flows into the Mediterranean sea. The lighthouse was designed by a Spanish architect and engineer Lucio del Valle. It was built in iron by John H Porter of Birmingham and Chance Brothers of Smethwick near Birmingham supplied the optic. The lighthouse was built on a sandbar on the Ebro Delta along with two other lights the El Fangar and La Bana. All three lighthouses were built on screw piles driven into the sand bar. The somewhat spindly meccano looking structure was built using 8 piles driven into the sand to a depth of 30 feet with an octagonal base some 56 feet in diameter with a ninth central pile. The total weight of the structure including the lantern was 170 tons and it was the highest iron lighthouse to be built at the time 38 feet higher than the previous tallest. The whole structure was fabricated in the UK before being taken out to be erected. John Porter said that the structure had been conceived with simplicity, convenience and safety at the forefront of consideration for the process of erection abroad. A model was constructed in iron at 5% size of the original to represent exactly how the lighthouse looked. This was built in Barcelona in 1867 and was presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. The model still exists and is now kept at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. The lighthouse was destroyed by a storm in 1961.
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Current management body/ ports authority
None
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Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
Nine
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Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
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Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
Not applicable
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Is the site open/closed to the public
Closed
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Is the tower open/closed to the public
Closed
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Latitude and Longitude
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
https://journals.sagepub.com buda lighthouse Also a 3D image video is available on YouTube by searching Buda lighthouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfnJmVrKB0
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Other details
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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Chance Lighthouse Destroyed or Ruined
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Date of decommissioning of lighthouse
Not applicable.