Plymouth Breakwater
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Location | Plymouth Breakwater, City of Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 50°20′05″N 4°09′32″W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1841; 183 years ago (1841) |
Construction | Stone Tower |
Height | 23 m (75 ft) |
Shape | Cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1] |
Markings | White tower and lantern |
Operator | Ministry of Defence (1993–), Trinity House (–1993) |
Fog signal | Blast every 15s. |
Light | |
First lit | 1844; 180 years ago (1844) |
Focal height | 19 m (62 ft) |
Lens | 2nd order fixed catadioptric |
Range | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) (white), 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (red) |
Characteristic | Fl WR 10s. Iso W 4s. at 12 metres (39 ft) |
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Plymouth Breakwater is a 1,560-metre (1,710 yd) stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 13 metres (43 ft) wide at the top and the base is 65 metres (213 ft). It lies in about 10 metres (33 ft) of water. Around 4 million tons of rock were used in its construction in 1812 at the then-colossal cost of £1.5 million (equivalent to £126 million today).