Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight - Dixon potcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2nd class Machin
• Postmark(s):  illeg.
• Sent to:  Bexhill, Sussex
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Needles Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1859 on the outermost of the chalk rocks near sea level. Designed by James Walker, it cost £20,000. Constructed from granite, it stands 33.25 metres (109.1 ft) high and is a circular tower with straight sides.

It replaced a light tower on top of a cliff overhanging Scratchell's Bay, which was first lit on 29 September 1786. Its height of 144m above sea level meant it was often obscured by fog and sea mists.^[17]

In 1987 a helipad was added to the top of the lighthouse, and it became fully automated when the last keepers left on 8 December 1994.^[17] One of the last three remaining manned rock lighthouses in England and Wales, before automation it was staffed by a three man crew operating a 24 hour watch, serving one month on / one month off, living in rudimentary conditions in three levels below the light.^[18]

Due to the condition of the chalk strata on which the lighthouse was built, in April 2010 a £500,000 underpinning project was announced, designed to stop the lighthouse falling into the sea.^[19] Over a 12 week period from early June, civil marine contractors Nuttall John Martin were due to dig a trench around the base of the lighthouse, install a ring of stabilising posts, and infill it with concrete.^[20]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=isle of wight

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=posted