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Managing Organization:
Northern Lighthouse Board
Website: http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/copinsay.htm
Notes:
This lighthouse was designed by engineer Charles A. Stevenson.
Tower Height: 52
Height of Focal Plane: 259
Characteristic and Range: Five white flashes every 30 seconds, visible for 21 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White conical tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1915
Date Present Tower Built: 1915
Date Automated: 1991
Fog Signal: Discontinued 2001 (was 4 blasts every 60 seconds).
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Keepers: Murdoch Lamont (c. 1986)
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