A Beacon in the sand - a photo on Flickriver

            Perch Rock Lighthouse taken from a very low sandbank at low tide during a very windy sunset.

The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern, first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely. As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century, the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier. Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology.
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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Wirral Metropolitan Borough (show map)

Taken on: April 12, 2017

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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, f/7.1, 1/40 sec, 55mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D
Lens:	EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	55mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Aperture 3.4.5
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