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Vittoria Light (Italian: Faro della Vittoria, Slovene: Svetilnik zmage) also known as the Victory Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse in Trieste, Italy, serving the Gulf of Trieste. It is located on the Hill of Gretta (Poggio di Gretta), off the Strada del Friuli.
In October 1878 the Maritime Board of New South Wales decided to construct a modern lighthouse at the location. It was the third of five lighthouses of similar design designed by James Barnet in 1878–80, the other four being Richmond River Light, Clarence River Light (now demolished), Tacking Point Lighthouse and Crowdy Head Light. [1]
St Catherine's Lighthouse at St Catherine's Point The beach directly below the lighthouse. Erosion threatens the southern wall of the lighthouse compound (2017). St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight.
[3] At the same time, George Putnam, the newly appointed Commissioner of lighthouses, recommended the erection of lights on the breakwater. [3] In 1912, the Lighthouse Service erected temporary range lights on one of the piers. Funding for permanent lights was approved in 1913, and by 1914 permanent lights on the west breakwater were complete.
The first light station, a 40-foot (12 m) wooden tower, was established in 1801 after Congress allocated $2000 in April for its completion. [7] The original building was 32 feet (9.8 m) tall, made of wood with a light resting 40 feet above the water.
The lighthouse was also downgraded along with these changes; the Coast Guard reclassified it as a "second class tall nun buoy". This also marked the beginning of a period of neglect. In 1979, the now unstaffed light was struck by a tugboat , and an inspection in 1982 showed serious damage to the first floor gallery and leaks into the foundation.
[2] [3] The lighthouse is located on the west side of the entrance to the Rekefjorden, about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south of the village of Rekefjord and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the municipal centre of Hauge. The 20.8-metre (68 ft) tall round cast iron tower sits on a stone base. The light is at an elevation of 23.5 metres ...
The lighthouse is included in the list of protected monuments of Russia and is included in the historical list of UNESCO. Doob Point Lighthouse: Eastern Black Sea: Krasnodar Krai: Novorossiysk Bay 1879 [5] Gelendzhik Lighthouse: Eastern Black Sea: Krasnodar Krai: Gelendzhik Bay: This lighthouse is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of ...