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Butt of Lewis by Oliver Greese
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 Butt of Lewis

Tower: Height: 37 metres, conical red brick tower

Elevation: 52 metres

Range: flashing white every 5 seconds visible for 25 miles

This light is operational

built 1862 by David and Thomas Stevenson

Date automated: 1998 (as the last one of the Northern Lighthouse Board)

Current use: Active aid to navigation

The fog signal was discontinued in 1995
location

Northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, outer Hebrides, Northwest Scotland
useful links
 Northern Lighthouse Board - Butt of Lewis
Butt of Lewis


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