SILLOTH LIGHTHOUSE, SILLOTH POINT, SILLOTH, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND.
SILLOTH LIGHTHOUSE HAS AN ACTIVE FOCAL PLANE OF 15 M (50 FT) WITH A CONTINUOUS GREEN LIGHT, 12 M (39 FT) SQUARE PYRAMIDAL CORRUGATED IRON SKELETAL TOWER WITH OCTAGONAL LANTERN AND GALLERY. THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT OUT OF WOOD, BUT REBUILT AROUND 1930 IN WOOD WITH CORRUGATED IRON SUPPORTS TO ITS ORIGINAL STYLE BY ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS WHO OPERATED THE PORT OF SILLOTH.
SILLOTH LIGHTHOUSE IS ALSO KNOWN AS EAST COTE LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF THE SOLWAY FIRTH WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1864 AS A MOBILE STRUCTURE ON A SHORT RAIL TRACK. IT WAS THE REAR OF TWO LEADING LIGHTS INDICATING THE APPROACH CHANNEL TO THE PORT OF SILLOTH. IN 1914 IT WAS FIXED IN THIS OPTIMUM POSITION AND AT THAT TIME HAD A SMALL CABIN ON A PLINTH BELOW THE TOWER FOR THE KEEPER. THE LIGHT WAS AUTOMATED IN 1930 AND THE FRONT LEADING LIGHT WAS WITHDRAWN FROM SERVICE IN 1959. 

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