Andenes fyr
Also known as Andenes Lighthouse
1856
lighthouse
Thirty fishermen drowned in a single February storm off Andøya in 1821, and the coastal light raised on the flat ground at Andenes was the answer to it. Built between 1856 and 1859, the tower is 40 meters of cast iron plates bolted…
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- 1953
The light was electrified and run on power from the local utility, with diesel generators kept as a reserve. The change tied the lighthouse to the town's electricity network and put the older light source out of use.
- 1978
The station was automated and the keeper's post withdrawn after 119 years with someone living on site. Running the light no longer called for a resident, and the quarters at the station lost the function they had been built for.
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