
Lighthouse at Portland Bill

by Chris Boulton
Title
Lighthouse at Portland Bill
Artist
Chris Boulton
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
"Lighthouse at Portland Bill", is a landscape photograph captured in high resolution at Portland Bill, Dorset in England. It features the iconic 'Portland Bill' lighthouse from 1903 which was automated in 1996 and is part of the Trinity House managed lighthouses of the UK coastline. It inspired the 'Adventures of Portland Bill' TV series for children and is in my opinion a true lighthouse providing safety to shipping in the English Channel for ships traversing the Portland race waters where three elements meet from East, West and France to give some of the most dangerous waters of the southern England coastline. The Portland lighthouse has 2 lights, one white and a lower red light to warn shipping of the local rocks and sandbanks to the side whilst the primary white light reaches 18NM out to sea.
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January 9th, 2022
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