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Lighthouse · 1859

Suurupi front lighthouse

Suurupi front lighthouse

The front light of the Suurupi range is a white four-sided wooden pyramid 15 metres tall, and it is now Estonia's only working wooden lighthouse. The first tower went up in 1859 as the second mark of a leading line; because it was timber, it may have been meant only as a temporary fix. Instead it was overhauled in 1885 and raised by 3.5 metres, and thoroughly rebuilt again in 1998. Ships still line it up with the stone rear tower 2,245 metres inland. The keeper's house, fuel store and technical building are protected along with it.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Suurupi sihi alumine tuletorn on valge 15 meetri kõrgune neljatahuline puidust püramiid ja tänapäeval Eesti ainus töötav puittuletorn. Esimene torn valmis 1859. aastal sihi teise märgina ning et see oli puidust, võis see olla mõeldud ajutiseks. Ometi tehti tornile 1885. aastal põhjalik remont ja seda tõsteti 3,5 meetrit kõrgemaks, 1998. aastal rekonstrueeriti see taas. Laevad joondavad seda tänini 2245 meetrit sisemaa pool asuva kivist ülemise torniga. Koos torniga on kaitse all ka tuletorni elamu, kütusehoidla ja tehniline hoone.

Map of the area around Suurupi front lighthouse
59.47167° N, 24.41655° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suurupi_alumine_tuletorn ↗

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