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Monument
Nielsen's Lighthouse

The lighthouse

Name Nielsen's Lighthouse
Former name(s) Noble City Lighthouse
Start building June 1876
Finish building September 1877
Location Bayside, Noble City,
Sylvania (SY-NC-BS)
Function Lighthouse
Visitor figures unknown
Owner Lovia

Nielsen's Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Bayside Noble City, on the Noble Beach. It was built in 1867-1877 by the Lovian citizens in rememberance of Founding Father Ole Nielsen.

Features[]

  • Height: 48m (157 feet 6 inches)
  • Steps: 218[1]
  • Built: 1877

Beacon[]

The light is visible 24 miles out at sea and flashes every 15 seconds. A lighthouse's flash pattern is called its characteristic: every lighthouse has its own light characteristic and exterior paint scheme (called a daymark) so that ship captains can tell them apart.

Walls[]

The lighthouse actually has two separate walls. The outside brick wall is cone-shaped, the inside wall is a cylinder which supports the spiral staircase:

  • Thickness outside walls: 1.17m (3 feet 10 inches)[2] - 0.46m (1 foot 6 inches)[3]
  • Thickness inside walls: 0.22m (8.5 inches)

References and notes[]

  1. There are 199 steps in the tower's cast iron spiral staircase.
  2. At the bottom.
  3. At the top.

See also[]

Monuments, politics and government of Noble City
Monuments and buildings: Abigail Johnson Theater - Antiquities Museum - Capitol - City Hall - Embankment Federal Penitentiary - Garden's Chapel - King's Landmark - Lovian Museum for Modern Art- Museum of Art - Museum of Transport - National Archives - Nielsen's Lighthouse - Noble City Mall - Nobel University (1, 2) - NC General Hospital - Old Royal Palace - Palati Daidalo - Railway Museum - Royal Art Gallery - Starovlah Institute - Statue of Andreas - Supreme Court House - Sylvania State Capitol - The Soccerfield - Tower Mall - West Wing
Politics and government: Congress - Noble City Government - Noble City Police - Supreme Court - Sylvania Police - Sylvania State Court - Sylvania State Government
See also: Geography, nature, neighborhoods, transportation, hotels, restaurants and apartment buildings of Noble City.
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