4 0 c m
29cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
The South Foreland Lighthouse off the Kent coast was the first to have an electric light in 1858. Frederic Hale Holmes was a British engineer, and pioneer of the electrical illumination of lighthouses in Great Britain. Early lighthouses had used wood and coal fires, pitch pots and candle lanterns to warn ships.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10214715
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