Margate Lighthouse
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Margate Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the end of Margate harbour arm in Kent.[1]
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| Location | Margate, Kent |
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| Coordinates | 51.39080°N 1.37808°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1828 (first) 1955 (second) |
| Designed by | William Edmunds |
| Height | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Characteristic | continuous red light |
1828 lighthouse
This lighthouse was designed by the architect William Edmunds and was completed in 1829.[2] It was destroyed in the North Sea flood of 1953.[3] The design was a round Doric column similar to the lighthouse at Whitby.[3]
1955 lighthouse
A replacement lighthouse with an octagonal column was built in 1955.[1][3] This lighthouse features on the series G Bank of England £20 note along with the Turner Contemporary.[4]
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