Keyword "lighthouses"

Sõru ülemine tuletorn

The lighthouse purposes to Cheese are on Hiiyum's southwest coast near Tokhvri, they are from each other in 487 km. The basis of the channel began in 1906 and ended during World War I. Light of constant fire from a sea level on the bottom target fire was 5 m and from above 8 m. Target fires also worked during the German...

Sõrve Tuletorn

Suurupi Tuletornid

The front beacon of the Suurupi leading lights is located on the N coast of Suurupi peninsula. The first 11m high pyramid shaped beacon was erected in 1859, which received a category IV dioptrical device a year later. The wooden construction needed repairs already in 1885 and the lighthouse was also built a storey higher....

Tahkuna Lighthouse

The Tahkuna lighthouse has been continuously serving as a navigational beacon here for over 100 years. It was built in Paris in 1874 and stands over 40 meters tall. Tahkuna lighthouse was brought to Hiiumaa by freighter along with its sister lighthouse that now stands on the western tip of Hiiumaa. It is believed that the...

Tallinna alumine tuletorn

The decision to build the front lighthouse (originally Katharinenthal, also known as North, Lower or White lighthouse) near the Tallinn (Reval) Naval Barracks was taken by the Russian Admiralty in 1805. The initial stone light- house was completed in 1806 and plastered white. Although the house itself was only a two storey...

Tallinna sihi ülemine tuletorn

Tallinnamadala tuletorn

The lighthouse of the Shoal of Tallinn (the lighthouse Revelstein, Revalstein)is located in the Gulf of Finland, in 7,5 miles to North from the Aegna island, in the shoal, which is named as the lighthouse, and warns ships about dangerous shoals in the Gulf of Finland and in the Giulf of Tallinn. The shoal which is located on...

Vaindloo Tuletorn

The Estonian northernmost island Vaindloo used to have a wooden beacon built in 1718 under the orders of czar Peter the Great. The current cast-iron lighthouse, manufactured in England, is the very first lighthouse in Estonia constructed in the Gordon system. Initially it was erected on Vormsi Island, but soon proved to be...

Viirelaiu tuletorn

Viirelaid is a small island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. Viirelaid lies southeast of the island of Muhu. Together with Muhu and neighbouring small islands of Kesselaid, Võilaid and Suurlaid it forms Muhu Parish (Estonian: Muhu vald), the rural municipality within Saare County, Estonia. Its...

Vilsandi Tuletorn

Vilsandi tuletorn ehitati 1809. aastal. Olulist tuletorni remonditi mitmeid kordi, viimane suurem remont oli tuletornis 1957. aastal ning sellisel kujul on see säilinud tänapäevani. Üheks huvitavamaks perioodiks Vilsandi tuletorni ajaloos kujunesid aastad 1910 - 1941, mil selle tööd juhatas hr. Artur Toom. Nimelt rajas ta...

Virtsu tuletorn

The lighthouse is located along the passage Suure, helps with orientation and safe passing of vessels. Need in creation of a lighthouse of Virtsu is caused under the act of 1856. In 1863 in England the pig-iron lighthouse and the diopter device of constant fire was ordered. The same year construction of a lighthouse and...

Vormsi tuletorn

The first 17m high prefabricated cast-iron lighthouse was erected on the Saxby cape on Vormsi Island in 1864, but it was soon discovered that the tower was not visible enough due to constant fogs. To solve the problem, a copy, which was 7m higher, was ordered from factory in Liepaja, Latvia in 1871. The old lighthouse and its...