Souter Lighthouse (nearby)

E499115

Souter Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on the coast near South Shields, England, notable as one of the world’s first lighthouses purpose-built to be powered by electricity.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Souter Lighthouse (nearby) canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lighthouse
architecturalStyle Victorian industrial
automated no (decommissioned before automation)
builtFor improving safety of shipping off the Tyne and Wear coast
category Lighthouses in Tyne and Wear
Museums in Tyne and Wear
National Trust properties in Tyne and Wear
constructionStartYear 1869
coordinates 54.969°N 1.365°W
country United Kingdom
currentUse museum
visitor attraction
decommissionedAsLighthouse 1988
designer James Douglass NERFINISHED
hasExhibition history of lighthouse technology
life of lighthouse keepers
hasFeature engine room
foghorn
keeper’s cottages
height 23 m
77 ft
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
heritageDesignationCountry England NERFINISHED
lightCharacteristic flashing white light
lightSource electric light
locatedNear South Shields, England NERFINISHED
locatedOn Lizard Point (Marsden) cliffs NERFINISHED
coast of the North Sea
location Marsden, South Tyneside, England NERFINISHED
managedBy National Trust
marking white tower with a single red horizontal band
material brick
stone
namedAfter Souter Point NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Sunderland NERFINISHED
nearbyLandmark Marsden Rock NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first lighthouses purpose-built for electric power
operatorHistory Trinity House until decommissioning
originalManagingAgent Trinity House NERFINISHED
owner National Trust NERFINISHED
powerSource electric generators (originally)
region Tyne and Wear NERFINISHED
status disused as a navigational lighthouse
tourism open to the public
towerShape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
yearOpened 1871

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Shields hasLandmark Souter Lighthouse (nearby)