La Corbière Lighthouse in Evening Twilight

            La Corbière is the extreme south-western point of Jersey. The rocks and extreme tidal variation around this stretch of Jersey's coast have been treacherous for navigation and La Corbière has been the scene of many shipwrecks. Hence, the construction of the lighthouse.

The lighthouse is situated on a rock that is a tidal island. The lighthouse tower is 19 metres high and the lamp stands 36 metres above high water spring tides. It was lit for the first time on 24 April 1874, and was the first lighthouse in the British Isles to be built of concrete. The lighthouse was built to designs by Sir John Coode. The beam has a reach of 18 nautical miles or 33 kilometres. It was automated in 1976.

A causeway links the lighthouse to shore at low tide. There is an alarm to warn visitors to clear the causeway as the tide rises; still, there have been casualties among the unwary or unlucky. A plaque adjacent to the causeway commemorates Peter Edwin Larbalestier, assistant keeper of the lighthouse, who was drowned on 28 May 1946, while trying to rescue a visitor cut off by the incoming tide.

Taken in: Jersey / Le Grouet (show map)

Taken on: July 12, 2022

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